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05-20-2005, 02:05 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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Making you're own os?
Is this really possible, for example can you create you're own? Also is there sources where you can compile say you're own fedora? Or what? Do u have to use a certan os to compile?
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05-20-2005, 02:45 AM #2ThirtySx Bits Forever!
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Assuming you understand systems level programming sure you can make your own os. You can slo grab the linux or bsd source code and customize it to suit yourself with a bit of effort - though that isn't quite the same as "writing your own os".
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05-23-2005, 09:31 AM #3Web Hosting Evangelist
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Re: Making you're own os?
Originally posted by Criminal#58369
Is this really possible, for example can you create you're own?
Also is there sources where you can compile say you're own fedora? Or what? Do u have to use a certan os to compile?
If you want to make your own customised DISTRIBUTION of linux, then we are on different ground again. Of course you can do this, see "Linux From Scratch".
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05-23-2005, 11:24 PM #4WHT Addict
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go download the linux kernel and start hacking away
Is this really possible, for example can you create you're own?
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05-23-2005, 11:32 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
there use to be byolinux.org but seems to be a med site now
Anyhow, lots of reading......Dave
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05-24-2005, 12:18 AM #6KM Carpenter
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your, not you're
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05-24-2005, 01:17 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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there are alot of projects out there on creating operating systems, I would recommend that you become a part of a team to create one since it wont be possible to create one on your own..
Peace,Testing 1.. Testing 1..2.. Testing 1..2..3...
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05-24-2005, 02:56 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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There is a major difference between making your own OS and making your own Linux Distro.
Making an OS is easy (so long as you don't have high expectations of course )- Iv'e made a very basic OS in the past (well, I guess you could call it a random program that boots up more than an OS - with basic commands like printing BIOS system time, and a basic text editor, couldn't interface with hard disks though).
Windows (yes- ugh) was made mainly in C, with alot of the frontend made in HTML (with parts of the kernel written in pure Assembly). Iv'e got no idea why they based the frontend around HTML, but it's very easily configurable
There are many OS projects out there that are being developed by hobbyists, one of my faves is http://www.menuetos.org - it's written in pure ASM, so even though only the geekiest of geeks can actually read the code, it's blisteringly fast compared to Windoze, Linux, etc. The source is available by the way, I've messed with bits in the past but it always screws up (I have very basic ASM skills, mainly everything I do involves a DOS Interrupt ).
Anyways, happy coding
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05-24-2005, 04:20 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Carp
your, not you're
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=youre
you're Audio pronunciation of "youre" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (yr; yr when unstressed)
Contraction of you are.
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05-24-2005, 05:05 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by shockuk
There are many OS projects out there that are being developed by hobbyists, one of my faves is http://www.menuetos.org - it's written in pure ASM, so even though only the geekiest of geeks can actually read the code, it's blisteringly fast compared to Windoze, Linux, etc. The source is available by the way, I've messed with bits in the past but it always screws up (I have very basic ASM skills, mainly everything I do involves a DOS Interrupt ).
Peace,Testing 1.. Testing 1..2.. Testing 1..2..3...
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05-24-2005, 05:28 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Criminal#58369
Im not sure if you were trying to correct my supposibly spelling problem, but it is you're... take a look:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=youre
His issue was not with the spelling, which is correct, but the use. "You're" is a contraction of "you are," which is not appropriate in this context. In this case, "own" is a noun (a generic object you possess), so you need a possessive form of you, which is "your."Game Servers are the next hot market!
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05-26-2005, 01:49 AM #12Living the dream
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God bless assembler programming
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05-26-2005, 01:13 PM #13Junior Guru Wannabe
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Originally posted by azizny
there are alot of projects out there on creating operating systems, I would recommend that you become a part of a team to create one since it wont be possible to create one on your own..
Peace,
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