Hobby kernel and userspace, built mostly from scratch
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#2how does it provide the opengl driver?
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#3how does it provide the opengl driver?
"The following external libraries and tools are retrieved during the build process:
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Mesa - Implementation of OpenGL (only the software rasterizer is available)."
From the readme
Re: Hobby kernel and userspace, built mostly from scratch
#4Back when I went to UIUC the SIGOps chapter had a "Roll Your Own Operating System" series (mid-90's)[1]. I'm glad to see they are still doing interesting things.
[1] Still available: http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigops/roll_your_own/
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#5Hehe, I have talked to Kevin on irc before about his custom compositor. He hangs out on the freenode irc channel #osdev sometimes, iirc. Really nice dude. I am very surprised this hasn't already been submitted here before. :)
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#6Is ToAru-OS a reference to raildex?
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#7Is ToAru-OS a reference to raildex?
I would love that. But "to aru" also actually means something in Japanese, which I would translate like, "there is an". Disclaimer: I definitely am not an expert on Japanese.
It's actually kind of hard to translate concisely, IMO the phrase that best captures the meaning of "ToAru-OS" is "There exists an OS". But it's kind of awkward.
If we used the Raildex translation, ToAru-OS would be "A Certain OS".
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#8I found the Bim editor interesting; particularity for the simplicity of its implementation.
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#9Is ToAru-OS a reference to raildex?
I would love that. But "to aru" also actually means something in Japanese, which I would translate like, "there is an". Disclaimer: I definitely am not an expert on Japanese. It's actually kind of hard to translate concisely, IMO the phrase that best captures the meaning of "ToAru-OS" is "There exists an OS". But it's kind of awkward. If we used the Raildex translation, ToAru-OS would be "A Certain OS".
Yeah, I think something along the lines of "an existant OS" is an acceptable translation. "To aru" has a subtle connotation implying that it is a standalone thing in its own regard. It's a pretty clever name for a hobby project like this, IMO.
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#10He would spend so much time in the UIUC ACM office working on that thing. Pretty impressive for an undergrad ;)