AtomOS
Dev tools
operating system
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
7 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 4 for, 4 againstDocs: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive effort building an OS in C#
From 2 comments
That's a lot-o-work! Pretty impressive man. I think projects like this are awesome.
djsumdog on HNGood luck with the project, we already have too many kernels written in straight C. Only thanks to this kind of work one can prove it is possible.
pjmlp on HN
Objections
Documentation is lacking
From 2 comments
This sounds interesting but is really lacking details. Though... now I wonder what happened to singularity / midori.
adzm on HNaccording to the license headers in the source files I am not even allowed to copy the thing to my computer... edit: ok, found the project license (bsd) but you really should…
ifdefdebug on HN
Needs a bootable ISO or VM image for easier trying
From 1 comment
Would be nice if there was an ISO or cloud-installable VM image available. I've distributed "live cd" VM ISO's via legal torrent sites, which is a little hassle to set up but…
jongalloway2 on HN
Traditional kernel design is less interesting than language-based OS
From 2 comments
Looks like a traditional kernel, which I think is a shame. High-level language-based operating systems have a lot more flexibility to enforce fine-grained abstractions rather…
naasking on HNnaasking is saying you could try different protection strategies since it's an experimental, clean-slate OS. User/kernel model protection is among the weakest models that only…
nickpsecurity on HN
Requests
Provide an ISO or cloud VM image
From 1 comment
Would be nice if there was an ISO or cloud-installable VM image available. I've distributed "live cd" VM ISO's via legal torrent sites, which is a little hassle to set up but…
jongalloway2 on HN
Build support for macOS
From 1 comment
No way to build on macOS..?
nkkollaw on HN
Questions
How does C# run without a runtime?
From 1 comment
I'm surprised C# is suitable for this. How does that work?
skybrian on HN
Does the compiler handle generics?
From 1 comment
Does your compiler handle generics?
balajiarun on HN
Alternatives named
Cosmos
From 1 comment
There's also MOSA[1] and Cosmos[2]. MOSA is focusing more on the compiler/runtime, while Cosmos is doing just enough to get a working OS. Both are pure C#, it looks like Atom is…
zamalek on HN
MOSA
From 1 comment
There's also MOSA[1] and Cosmos[2]. MOSA is focusing more on the compiler/runtime, while Cosmos is doing just enough to get a working OS. Both are pure C#, it looks like Atom is…
zamalek on HN
FlingOS
From 1 comment
How is it different to https://github.com/FlingOS/FlingOS/ ? Not trying to be difficult, I'm just wanting to learn more about your project.
dmarlow on HN
Singularity and Midori
From 2 comments
Haven't you heard of Singularity or Midori? http://joeduffyblog.com/ https://www.infoq.com/presentations/csharp-systems-programming There are quite a few OS projects written in…
pjmlp on HNThis sounds interesting but is really lacking details. Though... now I wonder what happened to singularity / midori.
adzm on HN