Node-OS: The first operating system powered by node.js and npm

There's probably some interesting stuff in here, but "operating system powered by node.js" is a little strong. They also say things like "NodeOS is an operating system built entirely in Javascript", which isn't true at all.

They basically replaced bash and some of the gnu utils with node.js scripts. The OS itself is just Linux.

I think I will stick to my Bash-OS.

I find the idea intriguing, but it's not clear to me from reading the site what is it for. What cool things one can do with this Node-OS that wouldn't be possible/easy with another Linux?

Also, what's the story for GUI applications? npm is mostly used for libraries, not full apps, so I'm not sure why that was a good pick for an OS. I guess it would be nice if there was a web view as the default GUI mechanism, so one could use web apps as if they were native without having to resort to things like Electron.

This is basically Node slapped on top of a Linux kernel.

I would find it way more interesting (to say, way more actually a 'Node OS') if they implemented a really lightweight kernel to drop into JS kernel modules as soon as possible, and implement all features in JS (paging, filesystems) etc.

It's an interesting idea, but as far as I can tell, it doesn't take advantage of the fact that all usermode code is sandboxed. You could potentially run everything in supervisor mode/ring 0 and remove a lot of the systemcall overhead.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Is this Atwood's law Gravity Probe B?

Oh my God