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TempleOS is a very interesting OS with many original innovations, as mentioned in the "constructive review of TempleOS" (which you can look up).

However it is a ring 0 only OS, with all the consequences that implies. You can make irreversible mistakes in this way, especially outside a VM.

Other OSes worth looking into are:

- Redox OS (Rust)

- MenuetOS / KolibriOS (x86-64 Assembly)

- Haiku OS

- GNU Hurd

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Did you pay attention to what TempleOS is for? Do you know what it was like to program for the C64? It is ring 0 only on purpose! That's the whole point!

The idea that someone would go into a thread about TempleOS, trash TempleOS for one of its central and distinguishing features, and then use the thread as an opportunity to promote some new OS written in Rust is boggling my mind.

Well that's one aspect of TempleOS that appeals to some and that is fine.

But you an also appreciate TempleOS from other perspectives such as how HolyC is compiled, dynamic documentation, etc.

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