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kOS from http://kparc.com http://kparc.com boots on metal, has a workable GUI, network, file system, text editor, database, programming language and a few other
by beagle3 9y ago
kOS from http://kparc.com http://kparc.com boots on metal, has a workable GUI, network, file system, text editor, database, programming language and a few other bells and whistles, in less than 500KB uncompressed.
No, it doesn't have accessibility or internationalization, but I suspect if it did (by the same people) it would not be much larger beyond the inherent complexity - e.g. Unicode directionality and glyph data; or sound waveforms for text to speech.
Most of the size of modern software, OS included, is accidental
- feelin_googley 9y agoWhich particular metal has been tested? I would like to buy that metal now. Are they making this compliant with the multiboot specification so the user can use her own choice of bootloader? If it is ARM, which bootloader are they using?
- beagle3 9y agoSome asus model iirc; user geocar on HN is actually involved with the project, I believe - I'm just following progress.
- throwaway7645 9y agoFor those not aware, this is a bare-metal system for the k-language which is what you use with the kdb+ database system. It allows the user to program in an array based language (ASCI APL descendent) so they can write very terse and fairly fast programs with a GUI and when kOS comes out it wont need a traditional OS. The fintech industry pays kdb+ developers quite well. The entire language is probably only a few pages of C too as Arthur Whitney is a genius and his last language was like that. The only issue i have is it is really expensive and closed source.