Star SkyOS Experiments with Linux, NetBSD Kernels as Base
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 8th Jun 2009 21:24 UTC
SkyOS The future of SkyOS, the closed-source alternative operating system, had been hanging by a thread for a long time now. Barely any releases, until they came to a grinding halt altogether and Robert Szeleney explained he was pondering the future of SkyOS, and where to take it from here. One of the main problems was a lack of driver support which really made development difficult. Well, this is a problem Szeleney might be able to fix.
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Comment by me
by pandronic on Tue 9th Jun 2009 04:48 UTC
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2006-05-18

If he were to use the Linux kernel, could he make the drivers installable like in Windows? I'd hate yet another OS where you have to recompile the kernel when some driver is not built in ...

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RE: Comment by me
by dvzt on Tue 9th Jun 2009 05:43 in reply to "Comment by me"
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2008-10-23

Not likely without some heavier modification or without freezing the OS on particular kernel level for a very long time. NetBSD kernel would however accomplish this, so I personally hope he goes with that. BSD license would also suite him much better.

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RE: Comment by me
by Sodki on Tue 9th Jun 2009 11:40 in reply to "Comment by me"
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2005-11-10

If he were to use the Linux kernel, could he make the drivers installable like in Windows? I'd hate yet another OS where you have to recompile the kernel when some driver is not built in ...

Linux drivers can be installable like in Windows. Stop spreading FUD.

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