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Mezzano – Common Lisp OS: Demo 3 released
- golergka 10y agoOperating system, written in Lisp, where manual begins with line editing commands which feature combinations with Ctrl and Meta keys... When I hear this description, I'm thinking of something else.
- phoe-krk 10y agoEmacs doesn't run on bare metal. (yet)
- gravypod 10y agoOSs don't run on bare metal. They run on a kernel.
- m_sahaf 10y agoSomeone managed to have emacs standalone on the Linux kernel.[0] Maybe it will be possible to run it on bare metal with the help of Mezzano or Yalo.[1] [0] http://www.informatimago.com/linux/emacs-on-user-mode-linux.html http://www.informatimago.com/linux/emacs-on-user-mode-linux.... [1] https://github.com/whily/yalo https://github.com/whily/yalo
- hexmiles 10y agowhere can i found an introducion to this os? The readme is more an instruction manual, and google dosen't seem to help much.
- varjag 10y agoThere isn't much documentation on the internals, aside from source code. Mezzano is mostly one-man effort, and documenting things properly (and keeping it up to date!) is substantial extra work. But you can ask the author on Freenode #mezzano IRC channel if you wonder about something specific.
- Pamar 10y agoItalian here: in Italian "mezzano" means "pimp": a derogatory term for a man getting clients in touch with prostitutes. Anybody knows why they selected this name?
- avodonosov 10y agoAs I remember, somebody brought up the Italian meaning, but they decided that's irrelevant
- coliveira 10y agoFunny and sad to see that the meaning in the ORIGINAL language was considered to be irrelevant... This shows the level of respect our culture has for others.
- patrickg_zill 10y agoIf it is also a geographical place name, though...
- Pamar 10y agoI don't find it insulting (as an Italian), just odd. And even if they dismissed when found out it I am not outraged: it is hard to look for obscure terms in all languages to make sure you don't get bad associations in Sumerian or whatever. I just wanted to know what process (if any) they followed to pick that specific name.
- avodonosov 10y agoOriginal? Why original, it's not. Just a coincidence. It's very often for brand names to collide with slang or even obscene word in some of the world languages.
- coliveira 10y agoThis is a word with no meaning in English, and which not only has an Italian meaning but also clearly looks like an Italian word. So why do you have a problem in understanding that Italian is the original language from where this word was taken from? What do you think if somebody in Italy named an international piece of software as "MotherFk" and said: who cares what this means in English... I guess you would be appalled by the lack of cultural concern.
- avodonosov 10y agoToo lazy to download it, but whould like to watch a video