Well boys & girls
it's been a whole year
Last year looked like this
http://www.snoopy.force9.co.uk/dv_os_07.png
As before,
You can put more than 1 vote in, if you wish
(for dual booters, work / home, etc.)
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Well boys & girls
it's been a whole year
Last year looked like this
http://www.snoopy.force9.co.uk/dv_os_07.png
As before,
You can put more than 1 vote in, if you wish
(for dual booters, work / home, etc.)
I chose Linux, because the new Ubuntu beta is great.
I'm in XP now, because it seems that whenever I boot into Ubuntu, Windows forgets about my USB WLAN adapter - and it seems to corrupt the drivers when I reinstall, too.
Weird.
(I've got it installed on my primary NTFS partition, via Wubi)
I voted for Linux, Mac OS, and Other. Arch Linux for a desktop, Mac OS X for a laptop, and FreeBSD for a server.
i use vista on my laptop for non-engineering stuff ... and mostly linux on desktop when working with matlab, ansys ...
but i have to say i'm happy with vista ... so thats my vote
Linux would have to be my favorite, followed by my own custom created OS.
:shock: And we're not talking LFS, I assume, since that would qualify as Linux. Please do elaborate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyrofan1
OSX and Linux.
RightQuote:
And we're not talking LFS
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/Quote:
Please do elaborate.
Linux is nice.
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyrofan1
What do you mean?Quote:
but what do you do for the kernel?
He is building it from scratch using C and assembly, like he said :PQuote:
Originally Posted by dsr
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?
yeahQuote:
As in, he's writing his own kernel?
Couldn't you say the same thing about Linux?Quote:
It just kinda seems like reinventing the hubcap
I'm going towards MicroQuote:
Macro kernel or micro kernel?
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... :mad:
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyrofan1
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.
Well when Linux was first created there were already existing OSes so in essence creating an OS is similar to Linus creating Linux.Quote:
In what regard?
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.gzQuote:
Anyway, did you name your OS?
Writing a kernel is fun. We wrote a simple OS in school to run on a motorola coldfire. Our "bsod" was a big ascii-art middle finger. :D
Here's my RSOD
http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=100_1997.jpg
Thank you, I will :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pyrofan1
Ah the asm() command, I love that little thing :content: Makes me feel like writing super fast code just thinking about it.
the last poll took several months to settle downQuote:
Originally Posted by wasup
so give it time :)
Your Bresenham Algorithm looks incomplete, yours will only do lines with a positive slope. Do you not need the negative slope lines or would you like me to show you how?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyrofan1
I use Vista here :)