it's actually a pretty common task in undergrad CS programs for an individual or a small group (3-4 students) to write an *nix-like OS from the ground up, inclu

it's actually a pretty common task in undergrad CS programs for an individual or a small group (3-4 students) to write an *nix-like OS from the ground up, including most of the core utils, scheduler, process management, etc. This is obviously much more full featured (includes a GUI), so this is actually a very nicely sized team for the task.