MenuetOS: An entire operating system in x86_64 assembly
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Re: MenuetOS: An entire operating system in x86_64 assembly
#2covered quite a few times over the years
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37514601 (2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31290789 (2022)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28988778 (2021)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9595507 (2015)
Re: MenuetOS: An entire operating system in x86_64 assembly
#32009 might be earliest HN commentary, but MenuetOS dates back to at least 2005 according to the Internet Archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/20051215234548if_/http://www.co....
https://web.archive.org/web/20051030022655if_/http://www.men...
Re: MenuetOS: An entire operating system in x86_64 assembly
#4This is at least 24 years old.
Re: MenuetOS: An entire operating system in x86_64 assembly
#5This is at least 24 years old.
Menuet & Kolibri are still actively maintained though.
Re: MenuetOS: An entire operating system in x86_64 assembly
#6This is at least 24 years old.
The news page indicates a new release on 2023-10-26, which is impressive diligence.
Re: MenuetOS: An entire operating system in x86_64 assembly
#7Why did they go closed-source for the 64-bit version?
Re: MenuetOS: An entire operating system in x86_64 assembly
#8Why did they go closed-source for the 64-bit version?
They must have at least one customer where this makes sense.
Re: MenuetOS: An entire operating system in x86_64 assembly
#9Why did they go closed-source for the 64-bit version?
> Menuet64 is closed source because M32 was forked and new copyrights just slapped at the beginning of practically all 32bit source files (multitasking, drivers, GUI, networking..) without any permission. You can take a guess about the country in question.
Re: MenuetOS: An entire operating system in x86_64 assembly
#10covered quite a few times over the years https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37514601 (2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31290789 (2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28988778 (2021) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9595507 (2015) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1494999 (2010) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=776381 (2009)
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