Terry Davis has a mental illness, this isn't the proper forum to call attention to it.
It wasn't even mentioned until you brought it up.
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#22That reminded me of "LoseThos". It would have been an interesting coincidence if multiple people were asked by God to create a 64-bit OS, but it is the same guy; he renamed it into TempleOS.
It's the same guy!
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#23Doesn't running TempleOS in VMWare completely ruin the aesthetic??? Pretty surprised by that part. When I heard about LoseThos I thought it was really bad ass. Like people who build their own house from scratch and live in it. The idea was to strip it down and get close to the metal. But if you're running it in VMWare, you basically have an entire OS underneath, a bunch of opaque code... doesn't fit IMO :/
It's very difficult to write an OS that runs on the bare metal of an arbitrary computer. One advantage of virtualization is that hardware differences are normalized, and you only have to write a few drivers.
If I was to write an OS for fun I would probably target something with fixed hardware like the RPi.
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#24Terry Davis has a mental illness, this isn't the proper forum to call attention to it.
So why are you?
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#25Doesn't running TempleOS in VMWare completely ruin the aesthetic??? Pretty surprised by that part. When I heard about LoseThos I thought it was really bad ass. Like people who build their own house from scratch and live in it. The idea was to strip it down and get close to the metal. But if you're running it in VMWare, you basically have an entire OS underneath, a bunch of opaque code... doesn't fit IMO :/
It's very difficult to write an OS that runs on the bare metal of an arbitrary computer. One advantage of virtualization is that hardware differences are normalized, and you only have to write a few drivers. If I was to write an OS for fun I would probably target something with fixed hardware like the RPi.
Even with the RPi you're going to need USB support if you want simple things like keyboard input.
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#26Since TempleOSV207 is shadowbanned here's his response in this thread:
> Yeah, I did. Now, I use Linux. Normally stuff like this launched me into an existential crisis. "Oh, God, the stress! Why God!? My world has a MAJOR thing to worry about -- misleading people maybe or something like that." I'm not quite as much a coward. I think I had good reason. Cowardess is not a virtue. God loved King David. Damn, I look awful. Oh well. I've become a freak hermit-- don't know how to smile, anymore.
> You poor people don't know God. -----
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#27Odd coincidence that I was just watching a video on TempleOS today. I had heard about Terry Davis and TempleOS previously and his God-worshipping operating system - but had never seen it in action.
This video gives you a glimpse into what he is like and what he has achieved on his quest to build the operating system for God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EViG0Q4lTeA
Very, very bizarre yet mildly interesting. I was surprised to read he only ever runs it in VMWare - I thought perhaps he was just running it on a very specific set of hardware.
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#29Doesn't running TempleOS in VMWare completely ruin the aesthetic??? Pretty surprised by that part. When I heard about LoseThos I thought it was really bad ass. Like people who build their own house from scratch and live in it. The idea was to strip it down and get close to the metal. But if you're running it in VMWare, you basically have an entire OS underneath, a bunch of opaque code... doesn't fit IMO :/
It's very difficult to write an OS that runs on the bare metal of an arbitrary computer. One advantage of virtualization is that hardware differences are normalized, and you only have to write a few drivers. If I was to write an OS for fun I would probably target something with fixed hardware like the RPi.
It's not terribly hard -- no harder than a platform like Raspberry Pi -- if you're fine with sticking to a standardized subset of PC hardware.
That typically means using an older, slower standard for accessing the hardware. For example, you might use VESA BIOS Extensions for graphical video output, and be limited to a 1280x1024 framebuffer, rather than write device-specific drivers which would give you access to all its GPU acceleration capabilities.
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#30Terry Davis has a mental illness, this isn't the proper forum to call attention to it.
Yet you draw further attention to it. But frankly, consider that he is posting all over the place anyway, trying to hide his issues away accomplishes nothing. Drawing attention to the fact that his often extremely offensive comments are due to mental illness rather than malice is not a bad thing in that context. He's accomplished a lot of things that most people never will, despite his illness. He's one of the reason…
I am glad I got to check out his page, and apart from the technical aspect, some quotes realy made me ponder, e.g:
Imagine a billionare. Everyone around him can't forget his money for even a moment. The truth is, most people are after God's "money" -- they fear for their salvation. Here's a test -- would you pray to and praise God even if there were no salvation? Love God and don't be a "user". Asking for stuff is annoying. Luke,11:5