ToaruOS: A Hobby Operating System
toaruos.org
toaruos.org
https://github.com/klange/toaruos/blob/bb91a91cac2793daa213d...
There's some really early screenshots here.
https://forum.osdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=202371#p202371
I think before he even graduated the OS had a graphical mode. On OSDev you'd have a screen sharing thread with people posting their text mode OS projects and then he would post this one with this windowing system with the anime background and it would stand out that much more. And it was all made by a single person. In college.
Some people are just way, way out there.
I'd like to see those alternative OSes target the ARM architecture; the smaller number and type of peripherals should make it simpler to develop on (probably not emulating though) compared to a pc. It would make an interesting choice for smaller boards where either a full fledged distribution might choke or where one wants to squeeze out the most from the few resources available.
Can I ask what server you rent from DO for hosting those sites? Like what kind of hardware do you need for that sort of project.
And also, how much traffic did you get from being on the frontpage of HN?
for the curious if the link is still slashdotted