Submitted by A new version of MikeOS has been released. MikeOS is aiming to be the best documented hobby OS project; three Handbooks explain how to run the OS, write software for it and modify the internals, providing an easy entry point for those interested in OS development.
The features of MikeOS won’t blow your socks off, but that’s not exactly the point. This is a learning tool, similar to MINIX, in that aspiring operating system writers and kernel programmers can take a well-documented look at how a relatively simple operating system works. Still, here’s the feature list:
- A text-mode dialog and menu-driven interface
- Boots from a floppy disk or CD-ROM drive
- Over 60 system calls for use by third-party programs
- PC speaker sound and serial terminal connection
- A file manager and machine code monitor
MikeOS 3.0 includes rewritten handbooks, for the rest it’s essentially the same as MikeOS 2.9.6. MikeOS is governed by a BSD-like license.
Is very nice looking os similar to mike os
I guess the hardest thing is getting a web browser an Ethernet drivers an tcp working
Major code cleanup;
DOS and mouse support removed (to be continued in TomOS);
better documentation and comments;
new system calls.
See this mailing list post for the changelog.
Full change log here http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/mikeos-developer/2008-December/00…
Now the lead maintainer just needs a new face, so he doesn’t scare small children away like he does in LXF
Thats a cool bit of news I am spending allot of time reading over the MikeOS site and the other resources it provides.