A completely-from-scratch hobby operating system
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HN comment orderThis is by Klange, the owner of the #osdev channel on Libera chat, associated with osdev.org. Super nice individual and always posts updates and interesting tidbits about ToaruOS. Strange, but welcome, to see it on the frontpage! :)
Back when I went to UIUC the SIGOps chapter had a "Roll Your Own Operating System" series (mid-90's)[1]. I'm glad to see they are still doing interesting things. [1] Still available: http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigops/roll_your_own/
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 474
- Total comments
- 98
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-06 | Hobby kernel and userspace, built mostly from scratchFirst breakout | carlesfe | 154 | 26 |
| 2018-12-13 | ToaruOS | sjmulder | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-10-31 | A completely-from-scratch hobby operating systemBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | tirrex | 297 | 72 |
| 2024-03-23 | ToaruOS Has Been Archived | wicket | 17 | 0 |
| 2024-05-16 | ToaruOS | dragonbonheur | 3 | 0 |