Oberon System 3
Infrastructure
operating system
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How HN took it
12 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.39.
Idea: 5 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and cozy programming environment
From 1 comment
The Oberon user interface inspired Acme on Plan 9. Oberon is a very nice, fun and cozy system and environment for programming. I lived in it for a few months back around 2010 and…
dharmatech on HN
System starts extremely fast compared to Linux
From 1 comment
The system is up extremenly fast (compared to Linux), but then it takes pretty long to find the USB hub and the keyboard/mouse. Maybe I can still speed this up.
Rochus on HN
Modernizing the kernel with Multiboot makes installation easier
From 1 comment
Thanks. There is actually also an i386 version of the system in the repository, where I modified the kernel so it runs with Multiboot, making installations much easier. An…
Rochus on HN
Objections
Oberon needs a clearer high-level explanation in the readme
From 2 comments
I was about 5 links deep before I figured out what Oberon actually was. A high-level explainer at the top of the readme would be really nice for folks who aren't already familiar…
swiftcoder on HNPasting a Wikipedia link or saying "just ask an LLM" only helps out the one instance of someone not knowing. I did the same thing as the OP you're replying to. They're right - a…
loneboat on HN
Unclear why this niche OS matters or what it does differently
From 2 comments
A you problem.
pjmlp on HN> it can be reasonably inferred that "Oberon System 3" is an operating system "Oberon is an operating system" was indeed evident, but it's also not particularly illuminating.…
swiftcoder on HN
Requests
Support on Raspberry Pi 3B+
From 1 comment
Will this image also work on the 3B+? I have a spare one of those that I can try this out on.
rootbear on HN
Port of A2/ActiveOberon/Bluebottle to small hardware
From 1 comment
Have always been fond of Oberon! I would love to have A2/ActiveOberon/BlueBottle or whatever the name of the day is on a small native machine as well. Great Stuff!
butterisgood on HN
Questions
Does Oberon still require capitalized keywords?
From 1 comment
Does Oberon still require capitalized keywords? That always seemed to be emphasizing the wrong thing: ``` IF disaster THEN abort; ```
musicale on HN
What is Oberon today and how does it relate to managed runtimes?
From 1 comment
Oh, this is something I'm going to have to try. Excellent work! I have to ask, since people who'd know will probably be here, what's the "ten thousand foot view" of Oberon today?…
spijdar on HN
Alternatives named
Plan 9 Acme
From 2 comments
The Oberon user interface inspired Acme on Plan 9. Oberon is a very nice, fun and cozy system and environment for programming. I lived in it for a few months back around 2010 and…
dharmatech on HNThis is a really cool thing. Thanks Rochus. The Oberon language and the Oberon System were featured in Byte Magazine several times, most notably in Dick Pountain's articles:…
justin66 on HN
Active Oberon / A2 Bluebottle
From 1 comment
This is great, especially being System 3, given the nice user experience Oberon eventually morphed into. In System 3 with the Gadgets system it was already starting to feel like…
pjmlp on HN
Modula-3 and NeXTSTEP branch
From 1 comment
The problem with this is that there are so many branches of tech from 40 years ago that any one person is unlikely to be familiar with all of them. I'm plenty familiar with the…
swiftcoder on HN