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After a [https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/90810563 thread] on /g/, one anon expressed an interest to turn this into a general, and here are some notes to keep to build up a FAQ. | After a [https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/90810563 thread] on /g/, one anon expressed an interest to turn this into a general, and here are some notes to keep to build up a FAQ. | ||
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OP has not yet mastered 4chan posting, so there is as yet no easy way to locate old threads. Manual list: | OP has not yet mastered 4chan posting, so there is as yet no easy way to locate old threads. Manual list: | ||
* [https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/90810563 initial thread] | * [https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/90810563 initial thread] | ||
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* [https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/90959148 fourth thread], and OP is getting there and things are shaping up | * [https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/90959148 fourth thread], and OP is getting there and things are shaping up | ||
| − | + | == List of Notable Alternative Operating Systems == | |
* https://templeos.org/ TempleOS, the operating system built by it's sole developer, Terry A. Davis in HolyC over the course of several decades. | * https://templeos.org/ TempleOS, the operating system built by it's sole developer, Terry A. Davis in HolyC over the course of several decades. | ||
* http://collapseos.org/ the OS for the end of the world | * http://collapseos.org/ the OS for the end of the world | ||
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* TRON - killed by a Hollywood grade conspiracy | * TRON - killed by a Hollywood grade conspiracy | ||
* Midori and Singularity from Microsoft, a managed kernel written in a variant of C# called Sing# [https://github.com/feel-the-dz3n/Singularity-OS Github archive] | * Midori and Singularity from Microsoft, a managed kernel written in a variant of C# called Sing# [https://github.com/feel-the-dz3n/Singularity-OS Github archive] | ||
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* https://www.serenityos.org/ SerenityOS, an operating system that also is therapeutic and doesn't release ISOs, thus filtering trolls ([https://github.com/SerenityOS Github archive]) | * https://www.serenityos.org/ SerenityOS, an operating system that also is therapeutic and doesn't release ISOs, thus filtering trolls ([https://github.com/SerenityOS Github archive]) | ||
* http://users.atw.hu/gerigeri/DawnOS/index.html Dawn, an operating system complete with a GUI and userspace programs designed for the SUBLEQ single instruction architecture | * http://users.atw.hu/gerigeri/DawnOS/index.html Dawn, an operating system complete with a GUI and userspace programs designed for the SUBLEQ single instruction architecture | ||
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* https://www.haiku-os.org/ HaikuOS, an open source operating system inspired by BeOS and designed to achieve compatibility with the discontinued BeOS | * https://www.haiku-os.org/ HaikuOS, an open source operating system inspired by BeOS and designed to achieve compatibility with the discontinued BeOS | ||
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2 OS/2, a now discontinued historical operating system initially developed by IBM and Microsoft, notable for it's DOS compatibility and similarities to NT | * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2 OS/2, a now discontinued historical operating system initially developed by IBM and Microsoft, notable for it's DOS compatibility and similarities to NT | ||
| + | * https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2016/xv6.html a simple Unix-like teaching operating system | ||
| + | * https://minix3.org/ is more widely used than first expected... | ||
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| + | === Operating Systems for Amiga === | ||
* https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/ ArcaOS, a modern continuation of OS/2 | * https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/ ArcaOS, a modern continuation of OS/2 | ||
* https://www.amigaos.net/ AmigaOS, the original Amiga operating system, now targets the PowerPC architecture | * https://www.amigaos.net/ AmigaOS, the original Amiga operating system, now targets the PowerPC architecture | ||
* https://www.morphos-team.net/ MorphOS, a closed source Amiga-like operating system targeting the PowerPC architecture | * https://www.morphos-team.net/ MorphOS, a closed source Amiga-like operating system targeting the PowerPC architecture | ||
* https://aros.sourceforge.io/ AROS Research Operating System, another Amiga-like operating system designed around the AmigaOS 3.1 API | * https://aros.sourceforge.io/ AROS Research Operating System, another Amiga-like operating system designed around the AmigaOS 3.1 API | ||
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| − | === Misc | + | === Plan 9 Family === |
| + | * https://9p.io/ Plan 9 - a research project from ATT by the founders of Unix | ||
| + | * https://9front.org/ 9front is a continuation | ||
| + | * https://harvey-os.org/ HarveyOS is anothre continuation | ||
| + | * http://jehanne.h--k.it/ JehanneOS takes most of userland tools and some kernel modules from 9front and other code from Harvey OS | ||
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| + | === OS Written in Assembly === | ||
| + | * https://www.menuetos.net MenuetOS, an operating system written entirely in assembly complete with a GUI. Not all is open source | ||
| + | * http://www.kolibrios.org/en/ KolibriOS is a free fork of MenuetOS. KolibriOS is very small - The kernel and most of the programs fit on a 1.44MB floppy disk. | ||
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| + | == Misc == | ||
* http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/utah2000/utah2000.pdf OS research is dead | * http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/utah2000/utah2000.pdf OS research is dead | ||
* https://youtube.com/watch?v=36myc8wQhLo Some hope | * https://youtube.com/watch?v=36myc8wQhLo Some hope | ||
* https://copy.sh/v86/ JS VM with lots of OS, including one for Serenity OS | * https://copy.sh/v86/ JS VM with lots of OS, including one for Serenity OS | ||
| − | * https://archiveos.org/others/ An archive of various | + | * https://archiveos.org/others/ An archive of various operating systems |
| − | + | == Resources for OSDEV == | |
* https://wiki.osdev.org/Expanded_Main_Page Landing page for the OSDev Wiki and Forums | * https://wiki.osdev.org/Expanded_Main_Page Landing page for the OSDev Wiki and Forums | ||
* https://sizeof.cat/links/#osdev List of links to resources for developers and hobbyists | * https://sizeof.cat/links/#osdev List of links to resources for developers and hobbyists | ||
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* https://sources.vsta.org:7100/vsta/wiki?name=Root - VSTa documentation, by Andy Valencia | * https://sources.vsta.org:7100/vsta/wiki?name=Root - VSTa documentation, by Andy Valencia | ||
| − | + | == /aosg/ Book Club == | |
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* [https://github.com/tuhdo/os01/blob/master/Operating_Systems_From_0_to_1.pdf Operating Systems 0 to 1 (incomplete)] | * [https://github.com/tuhdo/os01/blob/master/Operating_Systems_From_0_to_1.pdf Operating Systems 0 to 1 (incomplete)] | ||
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40856231-operating-systems?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=hcp6XWT4jU&rank=4 Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles] | * [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40856231-operating-systems?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=hcp6XWT4jU&rank=4 Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles] | ||
Revision as of 21:54, 18 January 2023
After a thread on /g/, one anon expressed an interest to turn this into a general, and here are some notes to keep to build up a FAQ.
Contents
Threads
OP has not yet mastered 4chan posting, so there is as yet no easy way to locate old threads. Manual list:
- initial thread
- second thread
- SerenityOS thread
- third thread
- fourth thread, and OP is getting there and things are shaping up
List of Notable Alternative Operating Systems
- https://templeos.org/ TempleOS, the operating system built by it's sole developer, Terry A. Davis in HolyC over the course of several decades.
- http://collapseos.org/ the OS for the end of the world
- https://git.sr.ht/~vdupras/duskos is a 32-bit Forth and big brother to Collapse OS. Its primary purpose is to be maximally useful during the first stage of civilizational collapse
- http://phantomos.org/
- TRON - killed by a Hollywood grade conspiracy
- Midori and Singularity from Microsoft, a managed kernel written in a variant of C# called Sing# Github archive
- https://www.serenityos.org/ SerenityOS, an operating system that also is therapeutic and doesn't release ISOs, thus filtering trolls (Github archive)
- http://users.atw.hu/gerigeri/DawnOS/index.html Dawn, an operating system complete with a GUI and userspace programs designed for the SUBLEQ single instruction architecture
- https://reactos.org/ ReactOS, an open source implementation of the Microsoft NT Kernel and userspace
- https://genode.org/ Genode, an operating system framework with a focus on stability and security
- https://www.haiku-os.org/ HaikuOS, an open source operating system inspired by BeOS and designed to achieve compatibility with the discontinued BeOS
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2 OS/2, a now discontinued historical operating system initially developed by IBM and Microsoft, notable for it's DOS compatibility and similarities to NT
- https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2016/xv6.html a simple Unix-like teaching operating system
- https://minix3.org/ is more widely used than first expected...
Operating Systems for Amiga
- https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/ ArcaOS, a modern continuation of OS/2
- https://www.amigaos.net/ AmigaOS, the original Amiga operating system, now targets the PowerPC architecture
- https://www.morphos-team.net/ MorphOS, a closed source Amiga-like operating system targeting the PowerPC architecture
- https://aros.sourceforge.io/ AROS Research Operating System, another Amiga-like operating system designed around the AmigaOS 3.1 API
Plan 9 Family
- https://9p.io/ Plan 9 - a research project from ATT by the founders of Unix
- https://9front.org/ 9front is a continuation
- https://harvey-os.org/ HarveyOS is anothre continuation
- http://jehanne.h--k.it/ JehanneOS takes most of userland tools and some kernel modules from 9front and other code from Harvey OS
OS Written in Assembly
- https://www.menuetos.net MenuetOS, an operating system written entirely in assembly complete with a GUI. Not all is open source
- http://www.kolibrios.org/en/ KolibriOS is a free fork of MenuetOS. KolibriOS is very small - The kernel and most of the programs fit on a 1.44MB floppy disk.
Misc
- http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/utah2000/utah2000.pdf OS research is dead
- https://youtube.com/watch?v=36myc8wQhLo Some hope
- https://copy.sh/v86/ JS VM with lots of OS, including one for Serenity OS
- https://archiveos.org/others/ An archive of various operating systems
Resources for OSDEV
- https://wiki.osdev.org/Expanded_Main_Page Landing page for the OSDev Wiki and Forums
- https://sizeof.cat/links/#osdev List of links to resources for developers and hobbyists
- https://digital.library.txstate.edu/bitstream/handle/10877/3226/fulltext.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 - FMI/OS: A Comparative Study, by Dimitri Hammond
- https://www.csc.kth.se/~edalen/9pfmios.pdf Converting FMI/OS to the 9P2000 distributed file system protocol, by Erik Dalen
- https://sources.vsta.org:7100/vsta/wiki?name=Root - VSTa documentation, by Andy Valencia
