Software:Visopsys
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| Developer | Andy McLaughlin |
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| Written in | C, Assembly language |
| Source model | Open Source |
| Initial release | 2 August 2001 |
| |Final release|Latest release}} | 0.92 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic |
| License | GPL, LGPL |
Visopsys (Visual Operating System), is an operating system, written by Andy McLaughlin.[1] Development of the operating system began in 1997.[2] The operating system is licensed under the GNU GPL, with the headers and libraries under the less restrictive LGPL license.[3] It runs on the 32-bit IA-32 architecture.[4] It features a multitasking kernel, supports asynchronous I/O and the FAT line of file systems.[5] It requires a Pentium processor.[6]
History
The development of Visopsys began in 1997, being written by Andy McLaughlin.[1] The first public release of the Operating System was on 2 March 2001, with version 0.1.[7] In this release, Visopsys was a 32 bit operating system, supporting preemptive multitasking and virtual memory.[1]
System overview
Visopsys uses a monolithic kernel,[8] written in the C programming language, with elements of assembly language for certain interactions with the hardware.[3] The operating system supports a graphical user interface, with a small C library.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Staff, OSNews. "Introducing the Visopsys OS". http://www.osnews.com/story/3697/Introducing_the_Visopsys_OS.
- ↑ "PCLinuxOS Magazine - HTML". https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/201201/page15.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "About Visopsys". https://visopsys.org/about/.
- ↑ "Visopsys - Informática". http://www.techtudo.com.br/tudo-sobre/visopsys.html.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Visopsys 0.8: Das Beste aus allen Betriebssystemen - Pro-Linux". http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/23994/visopsys-08-das-beste-aus-allen-betriebssystemen.html./
- ↑ "Dziwne, ciekawe, nieznane: Visopsys 0.66". PC World. IDG. https://www.pcworld.pl/news/Dziwne-ciekawe-nieznane-Visopsys-0-66,106006.html.
- ↑ "Visopsys News". https://visopsys.org/news/.
- ↑ Staff, OSNews. "Visopsys 0.41 Released; An Introduction OS". http://www.osnews.com/story/8083.
External links
- Homepage
- Mum Tries Out Visopsys 0.7.3 (2014), OSFirstTimer, 23 March 2014
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