Thread: OS of Choice - Part II

And we're not talking LFS

Right

Please do elaborate.

There really isn't much more to say. I'm building my own OS from scratch in C and assembly. Here's a link if you want more info: http://www.osdev.org/

Linux is nice.

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

Right

There really isn't much more to say. I'm building my own OS from scratch in C and assembly. Here's a link if you want more info: http://www.osdev.org/

That's pretty cool. I don't have enough time to check out the wiki right now, but what do you do for the kernel?

but what do you do for the kernel?

What do you mean?

Originally Posted by dsr

That's pretty cool. I don't have enough time to check out the wiki right now, but what do you do for the kernel?

He is building it from scratch using C and assembly, like he said

As in, he's writing his own kernel? I guess one would learn a lot about an OS's internals that way. It just kinda seems like reinventing the hubcap

Macro kernel or micro kernel?

As in, he's writing his own kernel?

yeah

It just kinda seems like reinventing the hubcap

Couldn't you say the same thing about Linux?

Macro kernel or micro kernel?

I'm going towards Micro

I voted Vista and Linux, as my main computer (a laptop) has a Vista and Ubuntu 7.10- dual boot setup.

Now if only I could access my NTFS partition from Ubuntu after Hibernating from Vista...

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

Couldn't you say the same thing about Linux?

In what regard? Do you mean creating your own Linux distro? If so, then yeah that would also be reinventing the wheel. I guess the main purpose in creating your own OS is to learn more about its internals. Anyway, did you name your OS?

One of the problems with this poll is that people who use more linux are more like (at least me) "I want everyone to know I use linux!" and thus more likely to answer such polls and view such threads. They are also more likely to check out the tech forum, as they are generally more tech like anyways. But yeah, ubuntu here. Can't wait till 8.04.

In what regard?

Well when Linux was first created there were already existing OSes so in essence creating an OS is similar to Linus creating Linux.

Anyway, did you name your OS?

Yeah, PyroS. If you want to take a peak at the source code here's a link to the latest version: http://www.usnet1.net/pyros/PyroS.0.1.0.tar.gz