emsquared, 1 month ago to random

Ouch-OS
My imaginary operating system.
It says ouch a lot.
That's all I got
#ouch #operatingsystems

seav, 1 month ago to microsoft

Breaking IT news: #Microsoft just open-sourced MS-DOS 4.0. Versions 1.25 and 2.0 had already been open-source (MIT License) since 2018. If you’ve ever used DOS in the 1990s, you most likely were using v5.0 or v6.x. Those later versions likely won’t be released as open-source due to third-party restrictions.

https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS

#MSDOS #OperatingSystems

rvr, 3 months ago to programming

GitHub - torokernel/ToroOS: This repository contains the source code of the Toro Operating System. https://github.com/torokernel/ToroOS/tree/master

ToroOS is an operating system programmed in FreePascal for educational purposes for x86 that supports one core. Supports POSIX and grub as bootloader.

#FreePascal #OperatingSystems #Programming

lurkjay, 4 months ago to books

In the Beginning… Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson

Text instead of screenshots: https://cohost.org/lurkjay/post/4333260-in-the-beginning-wa

#reading #nonfiction #books #history #computers #PC #OperatingSystems #unix #linux #windows #MacOS #bookstodon

One day, another worker leaned a ladder against the outside of the building that we were putting up, climbed up to the second-story level, and used the Hole Hawg to drill a hole through the exterior wall. At some point, the drill bit caught in the wall. The Hole Hawg, following its one and only imperative, kept going. It spun the worker’s body around like a rag doll, causing him to knock his own ladder down. Fortunately he kept his grip on the Hole Hawg, which remained lodged in the wall, and he simply dangled from it and shouted for help until someone came along and reinstated the ladder. I myself used a Hole Hawg to drill many holes through studs, which it did as a blender chops cabbage. I also used it to cut a few six-inch-diameter holes through an old lath-and-plaster ceiling. I chucked in a new hole saw, went up to the second story, reached down between the newly installed floor joists, and began to cut through the first-floor ceiling below. Where my homeowner’s drill had labored and whined to spin the huge bit around, and had stalled at the slightest obstruction, the Hole Hawg rotated with the stupid consistency of a spinning planet. When the hole saw seized up, the Hole Hawg spun itself and me around, and crushed one of my hands between the steel pipe handle and a joist, producing a few lacerations, each surrounded by a wide corona of deeply bruised flesh. It also bent the hole saw itself, though not so badly that I couldn’t use it.
After a few such run-ins, when I got ready to use the Hole Hawg, my heart actually began to pound with atavistic terror. But I never blamed the Hole Hawg; I blamed myself. The Hole Hawg is dangerous because it does exactly what you tell it to. It is not bound by the physical limitations that are inherent in a cheap drill, and neither is it limited by safety interlocks that might be built into a homeowner’s product by a liability-conscious manufacturer. The danger lies not in the machine itself but in the user’s failure to envision the full consequences of the instructions he gives to it. A smaller tool is dangerous too, but for a completely different reason: it tries to do what you tell it to, and fails in some way that is unpredictable and almost always undesirable. But the Hole Hawg is like the genie of the ancient fairy tales, who carries out his master’s instructions literally and precisely and with unlimited power, often with disastrous, unforeseen consequences. Pre-Hole Hawg, I used to examine the drill selection in hardware stores with what I thought was a judicious eye, scorning the smaller low-end models and hefting the big expensive ones appreciatively, wishing I could afford one of them babies. Now I view them all with such contempt that I do not even consider them to be real drills—merely scaled-up toys designed to exploit the self-delusional tendencies of soft-handed homeowners who want to believe that they have purchased an actual tool.
Their plastic casings, carefully designed and focus-group tested to convey a feeling of solidity and power, seem disgustingly flimsy and cheap to me, and I am ashamed that I was ever bamboozled into buying such knicknacks. It is not hard to imagine what the world would look like to someone who had been raised by contractors and who had never used any drill other than a Hole Hawg. Such a person, presented with the best and most expensive hardware-store drill, would not even recognize it as such. He might instead misidentify it as a child’s toy, or some kind of motorized screwdriver. If a salesperson or a deluded homeowner referred to it as a drill, he would laugh and tell them that they were mistaken—they simply had their terminology wrong. His interlocutor would go away irritated, probably feeling rather defensive about his basement full of cheap, dangerous, flashy, colorful tools. Unix is the Hole Hawg of operating systems, and Unix hackers—like Doug Barnes and the guy in the Dilbert cartoon and many of the other people who populate Silicon Valley—are like contractors’ sons who grew up using only Hole Hawgs. They might use Apple/Microsoft OSes to write letters, play video games, or balance their checkbooks, but they cannot really bring themselves to take these operating systems seriously.

albertcardona, 5 months ago to rust

Not quite the OS revolution I'd want, but a useful start:

1. Maestro is a lightweight Unix-like kernel written in Rust" for x86 in 32 bits https://github.com/llenotre/maestro

2. "Reimplementation of the GNU coreutils in Rust" https://github.com/uutils/coreutils

#OperatingSystems #Rust

flypig, 6 months ago to foss

Today (Fri 8 Dec) is the last day to get your talks in for the #FOSS on #Mobile devroom at #FOSDEM!

Submit your talks on #OperatingSystems, #Apps, #Ports, or anything #OpenSource and #Mobile related.

https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2023q4/003510.html

FOSDEM'24 will be in Brussels 3-4 February 2024.

https://fosdem.org/2024/

NormalExisting, 6 months ago to Furry

OPERATING SYSTEMS (CS439H) - 14 DAYS REMAIN

#FURRY #FURSUIT #FURSUITFRIDAY #PROTOGEN #FURRYCOMMUNITY #FURRYFANDOM #OPERATINGSYSTEMS #UTAUSTIN

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itnewsbot, 6 months ago to apple

Open source is coming to the Apple enterprise with Fleet - The continued evolution Apple is experiencing within the enterprise is real. Because t... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3710448/open-source-is-coming-to-the-apple-enterprise-with-fleet.html#tk.rss_all #softwaredevelopment #operatingsystems #itmanagement #apple #macos

schizanon, 7 months ago to VideoGames

I feel like #operatingSystems should have a dedicated #gamepad #settings page that lists all the #gamepads that are connected, and lets you customize the #button mappings in the year 2023

#videoGames #gaming #os #operatingSystem #hid #humanInterface #tech

itnewsbot, 7 months ago to Windows11

10 new Windows 11 features in the October 2023 update to try now - Windows 11 just got a lot of new features, and 2023's big update isn’t just about AI t... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3708773/windows-11-october-2023-update.html#tk.rss_all #smallandmediumbusiness #productivitysoftware #operatingsystems #windows11 #microsoft #windows #5g

davidr, 7 months ago to IBM

Big anniversary! What should I get her?

I know! Nobody ever got divorced for buying #IBM

#aix #unix #linux #operatingsystems

intelgraphy, 8 months ago to linux

I was diving into the #Linux rabbit hole and wanted to try a distro out. It felt overwhelming and a bit confusing for me. I’m still trying though. #operatingsystems #tech

adamhill, 8 months ago to microsoft

Pouring out a 40 for the millions of Symbol Scanners and Point-of-Sale registers out there.

#microsoft #operatingSystems

TiffyBelle, 8 months ago to debian

A deep-dive look at the latest Linux Mint LMDE 6 Faye BETA release:

https://tiffybelle.vivaldi.net/2023/09/20/deep-dive-linux-mint-lmde-6-faye-review/

In this blog post, I opine on why the #Debian Edition of #Mint appeals to me over the main Mint #Ubuntu release.

I also take an in-depth look at what the latest LMDE 6 has to offer, from installation to setting up #Cinnamon after the initial boot.

I had great fun trying the new LMDE out!

#Linux #LinuxMint #Tech #Blog #LMDE #LMDE6 #LMDEFaye #IT #OperatingSystems #Review #FOSS #OpenSource

solicitor, 8 months ago to RaspberryPi

I installed #rhinolinux on my #raspberrypi 4 (4 GB #ram). The system is semi-polished with some rough edges. The only #universal #linux package format that runs on #aarch64 is unfortunately #snap, neither #flatpak nor #appimage support #arm based #operatingsystems. The overall experience is good and I wish the #developers all the best in their endeavour to improve the #distro in future.

surabax, 9 months ago to VintageOSes

Xenix 286 from the 1980s is Y2K-compliant, unlike other operating systems for this hardware.

#Xenix #Unix #OperatingSystem #OperatingSystems #ComputerHistory #ComputingHistory #Retrocomputing #Intel #x86 #Microsoft #SCO

stefano, 9 months ago to linux

25 years ago today, Google was founded.
On the same day, I wiped Windows 98 off my computer, believing that Debian Linux (which I had been using for a while but still kept Windows on another partition) could do everything I had been doing with Windows until then.

Since that day, many installations of Linux, *BSD, MacOS have graced my computers, but Windows has remained, on a few occasions, only an occasional (unwelcome) guest.

In the spirit of a typical support group phrase, I can joyfully say:
'Hello, I'm Stefano, and I haven't been using Windows as my primary operating system for 25 years.'

Please boost and share your experience!

#Linux #OpenSource #OperatingSystems #TechJourney #GoogleAnniversary #Debian #MacOS #BSD #WindowsJourney #Mastodon #TechLife #GeekLife #Google #Windows

ramin_hal9001, 9 months ago to random

I have an unhealthy addiction to relatively obscure computers that I probably wouldn't actually use very much. Here is the latest one that the little voice in my head is telling me I need to buy so I can get my fix: the HiFive Pro P550 running the RISC-V ISA:

• MicroATX form factor
• 4-core 2.2 GHz
• 16GB DDR5
• Gigabit ethernet
• PCIe expansion slot
• NVMe

And it should be able to run Guix OS. The thing is, I don't really hack on operating systems or compilers very often, so I would only be using it as an ordinary end-user with the limited software available for it, which I can do right now, and with more available software, using any old x86_64 computer.

So logically, I don't actually need an awesome high-powered RISC-V development board for anything. But that doesn't stop me from seriously considering buying one.

#RISCV #compiler #operatingsystems #softwaredevelopment

ramin_hal9001, 9 months ago to FreeBSD

A pretty thorough write-up on the differences between FreeBSD and OpenBSD

OpenBSD and FreeBSD are two operating systems that have unique features and differences. OpenBSD is a security-focused operating system that emphasizes cryptography, whereas FreeBSD is more geared towards performance and scalability. Both are free and open-source, but each has a distinct user base and target market.

#FreeBSD #vs #OpenBSD #OpenSource #OperatingSystems #Unix

jayreding, 9 months ago to windows

This is why I do not regret moving to Linux as my daily driver in the slightest. Windows 11 is annoying as hell, and even my Windows 10 work machine has to nag me about upgrading at least once a week. Meanwhile my Linux box has been running smoothly for years.

The enshittification of proprietary software is increasing while the ease-of-use of open-source software keeps getting better.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/windows-11-has-made-the-clean-windows-install-an-oxymoron/

#Windows #Linux #Enshittification #Software #OperatingSystems #OpenSource #Microsoft

bradlinder, 10 months ago to linux

Rhino Linux is a rolling release, Ubuntu-based Linux distro with PC, PinePhone, and PineTab support #Linux, #Linuxsmartphones, #MobileLinux, #OperatingSystems, #Pinephone, #RhinoLinux, #RollingRelease, #Ubuntu

https://liliputing.com/rhino-linux-is-a-rolling-release-ubuntu-based-linux-distro-with-pc-pinephone-and-pinetab-support/

itnewsbot, 10 months ago to windows

Linux could be 3% of global desktops. What happened to Windows? - How can you argue against these numbers? (credit: 20th Century Fox / Au... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1953373 #desktopoperatingsystem #yearofthelinuxdesktop #operatingsystems #statcounter #windows #biz⁢ #linux #macos #tech

93_benz, 11 months ago to philadelphia

First post on Mastodon. Not sure who to follow.

From the #Philadelphia - #NewJersey area. In a previous life I was a #union welder, now a student of #computerscience. Interested in #operatingsystems #Linux #Unix #ProgrammingLanguages among other things. I generally just enjoy making things.

I play #lacrosse on the weekends as well as do some #mountainbiking and #snowboarding. I love #racing and #Formula1. I dabble in #photography

Also interested in #geopolitics, #transit, #history, #urbanism

RTP, 11 months ago to privacy

LATEST VIDEO: Windows Users Sentenced To Life In The Cloud

(watch early on public blog [no paywall, no sign in fully public post for all] - w/appear on channels publicly later, after I complete thumbnail graphics)

#privacy Windows #microsoft #operatingsystems #Linux #thecloud #cloud #AI #News #Tech

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/politictech/windows-to-sentence-users-to-life-in-the-cloud

idle_automaton, 11 months ago to random

This is so good on this R400. It's so good I'm considering running it on my Yoga 2 13 now. And I am so happy there is a telegram app in the HaikuDepot. Makes moving files around so much easier than messing with networking. I'm lazy lol
#Haiku #HaikuOS #OperatingSystems