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Desktop NetBSD project

Tue, 2009-02-17 01:58

An interesting discussion was started by Andrew Doran on the NetBSD mailing list regarding the ease of install of a "modern" desktop for users.

The primary goal for the Desktop NetBSD project is:
Given a NetBSD CD and a reasonably modern x86 computer, make it possible to install a useful desktop system in under 15 minutes, responding to only a few prompts in the process.

All seems to be neatly centralized on a wiki page.

Mailing list post | Wiki entry

Author: CoolGoose

Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS released

Fri, 2009-01-23 12:49

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS, the
second maintenance update to Ubuntu's 8.04 LTS release. This release
includes updated server, desktop, and alternate installation CDs for the
i386 and amd64 architectures.

In all, over 200 updates have been integrated, and updated installation
media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded
after installation. These include security updates and corrections for
other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and
compatibility with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.

Announcement | Download | Release Notes

Author: CoolGoose

TomOS 0.1

Fri, 2009-01-09 00:26

TomOS is a simple 16 bit operating system for x86 written in the assembly language. TomOS is an educational project forked from the 2.0 version of MikeOS

  • New handbook and documentation.
  • Example programs.
  • Reorganised directories structure.
  • Some of the system call names where changed.
  • Uses the keyboard buffer to handle reading characters from the keyboard.
  • Changed system of invoking system calls.

Changelog | Download

Author: CoolGoose

MikeOS 3.0

Mon, 2008-12-22 20:11

Mike Saunders just released the 3.0 version of MikeOS (for those of you that don't know, MikeOS is an operating system for x86 PCs, written in assembly language. It is a learning tool to show how simple OSes work, with well-commented code and extensive documentation).

If features major code cleanup; DOS and mouse support removed (to be continued in TomOS); better documentation and comments; new system calls.

ChangeLog | Download

Author: CoolGoose
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