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ToaruOS 1.0 Released, Hobby OS/Kernel Written From Scratch Over 6+ Years
It's homepage and github site fail to explain why this exists. I realise its very impressive that pretty much one guy has created an entire OS but is there any reason for doing so? I can't find a single reason anyone would be interested in this other than sheer novelty factor.
It's homepage and github site fail to explain why this exists. I realise its very impressive that pretty much one guy has created an entire OS but is there any reason for doing so? I can't find a single reason anyone would be interested in this other than sheer novelty factor.
It's homepage and github site fail to explain why this exists. I realise its very impressive that pretty much one guy has created an entire OS but is there any reason for doing so?
History
ToaruOS started as a side project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For several months in late 2011 and early 2012, the University's SIGOps chapter managed development efforts focused on building the original compositing GUI. Since then, the project has mostly been a one-man effort with a handful of third party contributions.
So maybe that is the goal
Here also (among many others)
Heavy focus on advanced GUI, including a compositing window system.
Well... After those two are fixed I think this OS could actually get more adaptation.
Creating an operating system using one man work force is still a big archievement.
It's homepage and github site fail to explain why this exists. I realise its very impressive that pretty much one guy has created an entire OS but is there any reason for doing so? I can't find a single reason anyone would be interested in this other than sheer novelty factor.
Seems like a hell of a lot of work "just coz".
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds#1995-99
I really don't think you need all that much "quid pro quo" in programming - most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.
-Linus Torvalds
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