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Cosmos - OS Written in C#

50 points by Jarred 15y ago

tarellel 15y ago
Fuck everything about this!!!
- shadowfox 15y ago
  Because?
  - rbanffy 15y ago
    Don't feed the trolls, please.
inoop 15y ago
In related news, Microsoft actually built an OS years ago based on .net technology called Singularity. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/singularity/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/singularity/
- wcoenen 15y ago
  And there are rumours that they are now working on a new commercial OS codenamed midori, possibly based on Singularity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_(operating_system) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_(operating_system)
- dillon 15y ago
  Not Opened Sourced though, which is something I would prefer and am very interested in.
- robert_nsu 15y ago
  I played with this OS, but didn't do too much with it. I remember reading a paper about it though. The author ported ext2 to Singularity. If I can find a working link, I'll post it.
dexen 15y ago
From the Technical FAQ: How do I write to a file in COMOS You can't, yet. What doesn't work Interfaces (In the programing sense, not the graphical sense) Foreach - Requires interfaces, so use for instead for now On a brighter note -- from FAQ: What is the Project Vision? We would like to design Cosmos as: (...) *The LINUX of tomorrow.
Newky 15y ago
404 on the screenshots.
- argsv 15y ago
  I had to remove the Old/ directory name from URLs. http://www.gocosmos.org/Screenshots/gfx/guess.JPG http://www.gocosmos.org/Screenshots/gfx/guess.JPG
thepumpkin1979 15y ago
This is an old project... and even Microsoft is now using HTML5 for Metro UI in Windows 8... what happened to WPF? Ask Windows 8: Lack of perfomance!. I can't imagine how useless this operating system would be. What's next, a kernel based in Javascript?
hatfieej 15y ago
I there the guys behind this are smart. But I also think they have lot going on. The project seems to move slowly. Interesting ideas tho.
- inoop 15y ago
  I think http://www.mosa-project.org/ http://www.mosa-project.org/ is slightly more active.
aninteger 15y ago
The main page states that the compiler IL2CPU compiles IL to x86 code utilizing NASM. So IL2CPU translates c# code into x86 assembler? Why not translate c# code into C and then use gcc (rather than nasm) to build native binaries? That way you get support for x64, arm, ppc, etc. Also lots of confusing answers: Can I use Delphi.NET? Maybe. Unfortunately the Delphi libraries for full of P/Invokes. If you only use the .NET libraries, and use the .NET 2.0 version it might work. Alternatively, you could use Chrome. Are they talking about Chrome, the browser here? ?? Also why do you need the non free version of Visual Studio? "To further the features of Cosmos development we rely on extending Visual Studio" Why??
- dillon 15y ago
  I believe they stated it's an OS entirely in C#, therefore having it compile to C would contradict their whole vision. As for your other questions, C# is kind of a mess, with all the different .NET versions and Silverlight. I really enjoy using C# and I'm looking forward to what this project comes to be.
  - burgerbrain 15y ago
    Trying to make a point is fine and all, but turning C# into essentially a compiled language in leu of a more practical approach seems silly. It seems like instead of using C as an intermediate stage they've basically C-ified C#.
- lt 15y ago
  Chrome was the previous name of Oxygene, a .net language derived from pascal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygene_(programming_language) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygene_(programming_language) The browser kinda stole the thunder from their name.
daxelrod 15y ago
This project made a lot more sense to me after reading this introductory article: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/CosmosUnderHood.aspx http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/CosmosUnderHood.aspx In short, it's a way to develop operating systems, rather than being a particular operating system.
chanux 15y ago
Also... renrakuOS https://github.com/daeken/RenrakuOS https://github.com/daeken/RenrakuOS
smashing 15y ago
Operating systems are only written in one language, machine language. Everything else is done in the compiler.
Garbage 15y ago
Screenshots please?

50 points by Jarred 15y ago

tarellel 15y ago

Fuck everything about this!!!

shadowfox 15y ago
Because?
- rbanffy 15y ago
  Don't feed the trolls, please.

inoop 15y ago

In related news, Microsoft actually built an OS years ago based on .net technology called Singularity. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/singularity/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/singularity/

wcoenen 15y ago
And there are rumours that they are now working on a new commercial OS codenamed midori, possibly based on Singularity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_(operating_system) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_(operating_system)
dillon 15y ago
Not Opened Sourced though, which is something I would prefer and am very interested in.
robert_nsu 15y ago
I played with this OS, but didn't do too much with it. I remember reading a paper about it though. The author ported ext2 to Singularity. If I can find a working link, I'll post it.

dexen 15y ago

From the Technical FAQ: How do I write to a file in COMOS You can't, yet. What doesn't work Interfaces (In the programing sense, not the graphical sense) Foreach - Requires interfaces, so use for instead for now On a brighter note -- from FAQ: What is the Project Vision? We would like to design Cosmos as: (...) *The LINUX of tomorrow.

Newky 15y ago

404 on the screenshots.

argsv 15y ago
I had to remove the Old/ directory name from URLs. http://www.gocosmos.org/Screenshots/gfx/guess.JPG http://www.gocosmos.org/Screenshots/gfx/guess.JPG

thepumpkin1979 15y ago

This is an old project... and even Microsoft is now using HTML5 for Metro UI in Windows 8... what happened to WPF? Ask Windows 8: Lack of perfomance!. I can't imagine how useless this operating system would be. What's next, a kernel based in Javascript?

hatfieej 15y ago

I there the guys behind this are smart. But I also think they have lot going on. The project seems to move slowly. Interesting ideas tho.

inoop 15y ago
I think http://www.mosa-project.org/ http://www.mosa-project.org/ is slightly more active.

aninteger 15y ago

The main page states that the compiler IL2CPU compiles IL to x86 code utilizing NASM. So IL2CPU translates c# code into x86 assembler? Why not translate c# code into C and then use gcc (rather than nasm) to build native binaries? That way you get support for x64, arm, ppc, etc. Also lots of confusing answers: Can I use Delphi.NET? Maybe. Unfortunately the Delphi libraries for full of P/Invokes. If you only use the .NET libraries, and use the .NET 2.0 version it might work. Alternatively, you could use Chrome. Are they talking about Chrome, the browser here? ?? Also why do you need the non free version of Visual Studio? "To further the features of Cosmos development we rely on extending Visual Studio" Why??

dillon 15y ago
I believe they stated it's an OS entirely in C#, therefore having it compile to C would contradict their whole vision. As for your other questions, C# is kind of a mess, with all the different .NET versions and Silverlight. I really enjoy using C# and I'm looking forward to what this project comes to be.
- burgerbrain 15y ago
  Trying to make a point is fine and all, but turning C# into essentially a compiled language in leu of a more practical approach seems silly. It seems like instead of using C as an intermediate stage they've basically C-ified C#.
lt 15y ago
Chrome was the previous name of Oxygene, a .net language derived from pascal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygene_(programming_language) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygene_(programming_language) The browser kinda stole the thunder from their name.

daxelrod 15y ago

This project made a lot more sense to me after reading this introductory article: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/CosmosUnderHood.aspx http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/CosmosUnderHood.aspx In short, it's a way to develop operating systems, rather than being a particular operating system.

chanux 15y ago

Also... renrakuOS https://github.com/daeken/RenrakuOS https://github.com/daeken/RenrakuOS

smashing 15y ago

Operating systems are only written in one language, machine language. Everything else is done in the compiler.

Garbage 15y ago

Screenshots please?