Show HN: GentleOS – A pair of hobby OSes for vintage 32-bit and 16-bit PCs

Post by xtiansimon » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 11:27 AM UTC

Post by Aldipower » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC

valleyer wrote: post #5

Aldipower wrote: post #4

A pre-build floppy disk image would be great, so I could run it on my IBM PS/1 from a floppy.

There seems to be an 8 meg image here: https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos32/releases/download/202...

Post by gt0 » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC

Post by Aldipower » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 11:36 AM UTC

grebc wrote: post #14

shevy-java wrote: post #10

> A hobby operating system for vintage 32-bit PCs. I am all in favour of great projects, but why a differentiation between 32-bits or 64-bits? I don't understand that. Is a computer that is 32 bit or 64 bit, either way which, not worthy? Edit: I understand a motivation if it is on simplicity choosing one or the other, but other than that I don't see why that should ever be a goal worthy to be pursued. Software should…

“Vintage” 64 bit PC’s aren’t a thing. > Edit: I understand a motivation if it is on simplicity choosing one or the other, but other than that I don't see why that should ever be a goal worthy to be pursued. Software should really "just work" no matter the number of bits and bytes. Not really how software works.

Post by amuradbegovic » Tue, Jun 09, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC

Aldipower wrote: post #17

grebc wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Vintage” 64 bit PC’s aren’t a thing. > Edit: I understand a motivation if it is on simplicity choosing one or the other, but other than that I don't see why that should ever be a goal worthy to be pursued. Software should really "just work" no matter the number of bits and bytes. Not really how software works.

> “Vintage” 64 bit PC’s aren’t a thing. Just sold my SGI Indigo 2 for 900 $ ! Vintage 64 bit is absolutely a thing. :-)