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Squid writes: According to an article at geek fashion portal Slashdot, Linux has now become too popular in mainstream circles to be the operating system of choice for the discriminating geek: “Let’s face it - with IBM, Sun, Dell, and even AOL using and supporting Linux, it’s becoming just another Windows. Even Microsoft agrees.”

This announcement has left techies wondering where to go for a truly cool, nonconformist OS. Some have resorted to calling it GNU/Linux to make it sound more geeky. Others are clinging to Yellow Dog, Gentoo, and other more obscure Linux distributions.

According to the article, the remaining cool operating systems include fringe projects like AtheOS and NewOS; unsupported classics BeOS and OS/2 Warp; and anything you write yourself. Mac OS X and FreeBSD are still considered geek chic, but are perilously close to the mainstream.