ArcaOS

<p>ArcaOS is a <a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">proprietary</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> based on <a href="/facts/OS%2f2/uVBl6ItP">OS/2</a>, developed and marketed by Arca Noae, LLC under license from <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>. It was first released in 2017 and builds on OS/2 Warp 4.52 by adding support for new hardware, fixing defects and limitations in the operating system, and by including new applications and tools, and includes some <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>/<a href="/facts/Unix/0pNL2seI">Unix</a> tool compatibility. It is targeted at professional users who need to run their OS/2 applications on new hardware, as well as personal users of OS/2.
</p><p>Like OS/2 Warp, ArcaOS is a <a href="/facts/32-bit/TDMVce8s">32-bit</a> <a href="/facts/Single_user/XeKcRNjA">single user</a>, <a href="/facts/Multiprocessing/aDCfehDQ">multiprocessing</a>, <a href="/facts/Preemptive_multitasking/wjgIbWel">preemptive multitasking</a> operating system for the <a href="/facts/X86/Kypq5fgu">x86</a> architecture. It is supported on both physical hardware and virtual machine <a href="/facts/Hypervisor/3gX9fKlH">hypervisors</a>.
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