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Minoca OS: A new open source operating system

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Re: Minoca OS: A new open source operating system

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Post by ghostly_s »

YAOSWVITEBN

Yet Another OS With the Vague Impossible-To-Evaluate Benefit of 'Newness'

edit: not to suggest I have a problem with people trying new things, but rather...why not write up a little essay on the architectural decisions you've made and their impact before releasing it publicly?

Re: Minoca OS: A new open source operating system

#4

Post by Zikes »

ghostly_s wrote: post #3

YAOSWVITEBN Yet Another OS With the Vague Impossible-To-Evaluate Benefit of 'Newness' edit: not to suggest I have a problem with people trying new things, but rather...why not write up a little essay on the architectural decisions you've made and their impact before releasing it publicly?

Just because you're not the target demographic doesn't mean the demographic doesn't exist.

Re: Minoca OS: A new open source operating system

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Post by CalChris »

Oh please. You have to start somewhere and this is where they're starting. By comparison, Linus' first announcement was:

  Hello everybody out there using minix -
  I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby,
  won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT
  clones.  This has been brewing since april, and is
  starting to get ready.  I'd like any feedback on things
  people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it
  somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system
  (due to practical reasons) among other things).

  I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40),
  and things seem to work.  This implies that I'll get
  something practical within a few months, and

  I'd like to know what features most people would want.
  Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll
  implement them :-)

                Linus (torv...@kruuna.helsinki.fi)

  PS.  Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a
  multi-threaded fs. It is NOT protable (uses 386 task
  switching etc), and it probably never will support
  anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I
  have :-(.
Good luck, guys. Post some docs to read.

Re: Minoca OS: A new open source operating system

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Post by duaneb »

Zikes wrote: post #4
ghostly_s wrote: post #3

YAOSWVITEBN Yet Another OS With the Vague Impossible-To-Evaluate Benefit of 'Newness' edit: not to suggest I have a problem with people trying new things, but rather...why not write up a little essay on the architectural decisions you've made and their impact before releasing it publicly?

Just because you're not the target demographic doesn't mean the demographic doesn't exist.

If the demographic exists, they wouldn't know it from reading this blog post.

Re: Minoca OS: A new open source operating system

#9

Post by formula1 »

Zikes wrote: post #4
ghostly_s wrote: post #3

YAOSWVITEBN Yet Another OS With the Vague Impossible-To-Evaluate Benefit of 'Newness' edit: not to suggest I have a problem with people trying new things, but rather...why not write up a little essay on the architectural decisions you've made and their impact before releasing it publicly?

Just because you're not the target demographic doesn't mean the demographic doesn't exist.

Their competition is dsl, arch, raspbarrien and other small/IoT OSs. Not to say their product is worse. But why are they forking instead of supporting existing technologies?

Not saying their work isnt useful. But theres an argument to be made for "why"?

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