"Whitix is a 32-bit operating system for the Intel and AMD range of processors, licensed under the GNU GPL. It features a C compiler (tcc), Python, assembler (nasm), text editor, shell and filesystem formatter. See the Introduction to Whitix for more information." Version 0.03 was released a month ago. My, aren't we sharp today.
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Member since:2005-06-30
Valid comments of course. By the way, Whitix isn't actually a POSIX OS (it requires a POSIX compatability layer to run typical Linux applications).
The great thing about Whitix is that, since it's not an extremely popular OS, the developers at whitix.org can quickly incorporate new and innovative changes into the kernel without millions of users, plenty of architectures and years of backwards compatability.
However, at the moment, we're working on actually getting working versions out. (I made a conscious decision to sacrifice "cool new features" to "release early, release often", rather than spend years in development like Hurd and others).
In short, keep an eye on Whitix. Expect it to divert from the traditional POSIX hobby operating system soon; the developers have got bigger plans (and look at the frequency of releases!)
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2007-05-17
True, but OSes were a lot simpler back then. It is just about impossible for a new OS to emerge today and be successful. The work required is just too much.
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While I tend to have the same feeling about OSes then and now, they thought the same then too (that operating systems were already too complicated for a hobby project to grow into something big).