A simple understanding of OS Mockups

If you didn't know about this term on YouTube or DeviantArt before this, welp, me too...before last September. It's pretty niche, and a small part of the larger community of operating systems.

Operating System Mockups (OSM or OS Mockups) (not to be confused with OpenStreetMap) is a term, a category of videos on YouTube, where people make their own mockups of fictional versions of operating systems. The operating system usually exists in real-life (like Windows, macOS, Ubuntu and all of that), but it can also be made by the people too. Some popular examples in the OSM community include Sviger, Cluster, and ChromaticOS.

OS Mockups is just a combination of two seperate categories: Windows Never Released (WNR) and Never Released Operating Systems (NROS). Windows Never Released mockups are for Windows only; Never Released Operating Systems mockups are for operating systems other than Windows.

An example is Sviger Super, part

of the quite popular family of

fictional operating systems, Sviger. 

It's just like an addition formula for OS Mockups:

a + b = OS Mockups

where a is WNR and b is NROS. I might talk about them in a future blog.

One should not be confused with these two words: 'Never Released'. One should not think that these versions of operating systems will be released anytime soon; if those versions are to be released in the future, it is just a coincidence.

Most people usually only make boot screens of their fictional versions of operating systems. However, one can also make sounds, desktops, and even functionality for their mockups. Some examples are Windows RG on Newgrounds and Windows 93.

Fictional timelines of versions of operating systems are also made by the community, with the most common being fictional Windows timelines. Versions of the Windows 9x series are the most likely to be mocked up by the community, followed by Windows XP.

Welp, that's all for my first blog. See ya!