It’s been a long time since we last covered Visopys – one of the few remaining hobby operating systems still in development – so how about an update? The last version we covered was 0.8 way back in September 2016, but the most recent release is 0.8.3 from August of this year.
This maintenance version features user experience enhancements and reliability improvements, and a more capable Archive Manager program. Bug fixes cover a number of GUI flaws and memory leaks, and some of the low-level network infrastructure code has been refined.
And just in case you forgot all about this operating system:
Visopsys is an alternative operating system for PC compatible computers. In development since 1997, this system is small, fast, and open source. It features a simple but functional graphical interface, pre-emptive multitasking, and virtual memory. Though it attempts to be compatible in a number of ways, Visopsys is not a clone of any other operating system.
It’s available from the project’s download page.
I was hoping to find a bit of documentation on how to write an application program for it because that gives me a good base to form an opinion on it.
It has an API reference at least.
https://visopsys.org/developers/
Edited 2018-10-03 11:24 UTC