EKS Vortex (formerly known as Vortex System) is a graphical operating system developed and marketed by EKS. It was formerly a TS-UGOS clone from versions 1 to 2. It is designed to run on desktop and laptop computers, portable media players, smart TVs, EKS Ranger 400, EKS Ranger 500, and Ranger 6X game consoles, and other devices. The mobile counterpart is ViraOS. It was one of the most successful desktops operating systems along with Windows, macOS, Linux, Ubuntu, and TSUG.
History[]
EKSoft (now EKS) made an agreement with Theorysonic to make TS-OS clone. EKSoft stated, "the purpose of Vortex System is to make the operating system work on all computers unlike TS-OS, the operating system that can only work on Theorysonic computers".
When the Vlokozu Union was dissolved in 1989, EKS developed their non-TS-UGOS clone called EKS Vortex 3 from scratch.
Features[]
- S Web web browser (replaces Solgaleo that replaced the Netspace Navigator)
- Tabbed interface explorer.
- nStore application store and digital distribution.
- vMail
Version history[]
as Vortex System[]
- Vortex System (1983)
- Vortex System 2 (1985)
- Vortex System 2.5 (1987)
- Vortex System 3 (1989)
- Vortex System 4 (1991)
as EKS Vortex[]
- EKS Vortex 5 (1994)
- EKS Vortex 6 (1997)
- EKS Vortex 7 (1999)
- EKS Vortex 8 (2002)
- EKS Vortex 9 (2004)
- EKS Vortex 10 (2006)
- EKS Vortex 10.5 (April 2007, major version 10 updates adds Solgaleo web browser and new features)
- EKS Vortex 11 (2009)
- EKS Vortex 12 (2011)
- EKS Vortex 13 (2012)
- EKS Vortex 14 (2014)
- EKS Vortex 15 (2016)
- EKS Vortex 16 (2018)
- EKS Vortex 2019 (2019, S Net browser replaces Solgaleo browser)
- EKS Vortex 2020 (2020)
- EKS Vortex 2022 (2022)