ExDOS
Infrastructure
hobby operating system
SHOW HN2016
39points
27comments
#871of 2,264 in 2016
Top 39%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Performance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive work for a hobbyist OS project
From 3 comments
This is amazing, good work! Can I ask what references you used to figure out how to write certain pieces of this? There is a torrent of information online, but you've probably…
analognoise on HNAccording to about page on his website, the author is "a 14-year old computer hobbyist." Quite impressive!
ams6110 on HNVery impressive. Maybe it can be used in unikernel with freestanding applications. Some Suggestion: do not focus on GUI at first, since it will not be usable soon as desktop OS…
guilloche on HN
Objections
Calling 64 MB RAM requirement tiny is questioned
From 2 comments
Looks really cool. One thing, though: > tiny > RAM: 64 MB required, 192 MB recommended. That doesn't seem particularly tiny to me. I have an old Pentium II box with 32 MB of RAM…
groovy2shoes on HNWhat does that have to do with anything? Windows 3.1 had a minimum RAM requirement of 1 MB. The base model of the Apple Lisa 2, which featured a graphical OS, had 512 KB of RAM.…
groovy2shoes on HN
Does not boot in v86 emulator because it needs a 64-bit CPU
From 2 comments
Very cool! It (almost) runs on copy.sh V86 emulator: https://copy.sh/v86/ I see the boot process with dots (like linux) and after I have the following message with a red…
vmorgulis on HNIt clearly says "Boot error: CPU is not 64-bit capable..." which means your CPU is not 64-bit. The V86 emulator doesn't support 64-bit mode and so can't run ExDOS.
omarrx024 on HN
Requests
Add 32-bit compatibility
From 1 comment
any long-term plan to add 32-bit compatibility, probably?
anta40 on HN
Focus on unikernel use rather than GUI
From 1 comment
Very impressive. Maybe it can be used in unikernel with freestanding applications. Some Suggestion: do not focus on GUI at first, since it will not be usable soon as desktop OS…
guilloche on HN
Questions
Can it run user-created programs?
From 1 comment
Is it able to run user-created programs? And if so, with what tools?
ludamad on HN
What references were used to learn OS development?
From 1 comment
This is amazing, good work! Can I ask what references you used to figure out how to write certain pieces of this? There is a torrent of information online, but you've probably…
analognoise on HN
Alternatives named
MenuetOS
From 1 comment
Reminds me of MenuetOS.
TazeTSchnitzel on HN
OpenBSD
From 1 comment
Looks really cool. One thing, though: > tiny > RAM: 64 MB required, 192 MB recommended. That doesn't seem particularly tiny to me. I have an old Pentium II box with 32 MB of RAM…
groovy2shoes on HN