ALTIMIT OS
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In the fictional .hack world, ALTIMIT OS is virtually the only surviving operating system after the Pluto's Kiss computer virus that destroyed much of the Internet in the early 2000s. It is also the operating system that is used to play the popular, but fictional, MMORPG The World.
By the year 2017, ALTIMIT OS has been replaced by ALTIMIT MINE OS.
Altimit OS was created by Altimit Corporation, with headquarters in San Francisco, California, USA.
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[edit] The World
The World, the killer app (most popular application) of Altimit OS, was released in December 2007, being the first online game available ever since the Pluto's Kiss incident. Millions of copies were downloaded the first month alone. By 2010, more than 20 million players joined the game.
The World began its life as a prototype called "Fragment". With time, it evolved into "The World". Some Altimit OS programmers quit their jobs in Altimit to join the development crew of "The World". Later, the CyberConnect Corporation (CC Corp.) was founded. This company later released the game, and it is the one that does the administration.
[edit] Known Features
Although The World (a native Altimit OS application) is a full 3D-world that immerses the gamer into the gameplay, no VR-gloves are used, just gamepads.
Altimit OS runs on a variety of systems, not just laptops, but also mobile phones and portable computers.
A basic Altimit OS includes a Mail reader.
As seen in .hack//Liminality, a larger Internet Protocol address space is used by The World, and other ALTIMIT OS applications, with addresses like 295.252.352.436.325 supported.
[edit] Hardware
Altimit OS might run in a RISC-class evolved hardware, similar (in some way) to the G3, G4 and G5 Macintosh computers.
The most common display devices in use are Widescreen Flat Panels, with VR Helmets used in "The World". It can be played without the helmet.
Other devices include wireless optical mice, keyboards, VR Helmets and gamepads.
[edit] Remarks
The idea of a single, secure and universal OS has been attempted several times in computer history. Some include Freedows, JNode or JavaOS.
Nevertheless, Altimit OS underlying philosophy is a mix from past, present, and (likely) future operating systems. Some GUI concepts are drawn from Open Source desktops environment, such as GNOME or KDE. GUI "eye candy" effects are very close to the Aqua engine found in Mac OS X incarnations (icon animation and resizing). The simplicity of the desktop is a reminiscence of the now discontinued BeOS.
In short, Altimit OS could be what the project .hack authors consider "the perfect OS" (A theory backed up by its name, Al-ti-mit which is basically word play of the word 'ultimate'), a computer utopia that cannot be reached with current hardware and software designs.
Also, ALTIMIT was the only operating system that was able to resist the Pluto's Kiss virus. So, after a huge amount of government funding, ALTIMIT OS became the standard in all new computers.
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| Video games: | INFECTION | MUTATION | OUTBREAK | QUARANTINE | frägment | G.U. |
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| Anime: | Liminality | SIGN | Legend of the Twilight | GIFT | Roots |
| Books: | AI buster | AI buster 2 | ZERO | Another Birth | Legend of the Twilight | .hack//XXXX | 4 Koma | G.U.: The World |
| Characters: | Albireo | Alkaid | Aura | Azure Kite | Balmung | BlackRose | Cubia | Elk | Emma Wielant | Harald Hoerwick | Haseo | Helba | Kite | Kuhn| Lycoris | Mia | Mimiru | Morganna | Orca | Ovan | Rena | Shugo | Skeith | Tri-Edge | Tsukasa | Zefie .hack//SIGN characters |
| Other: | Altimit Corporation | ALTIMIT OS | CC Corporation | Cubia | Data Drain | Eight Phases | GU Phases (.hack) | .hack//ENEMY | Epitaph of Twilight | Net Slum | Pluto's Kiss The World | .hack character classes |
