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Curious if you have looked at the Niklaus Wirth based OSes such as that used on the native Oberon and Lilith implementations. Small kernels that ran on what we

Curious if you have looked at the Niklaus Wirth based OSes such as that used on the native Oberon and Lilith implementations. Small kernels that ran on what we would today call underpowered systems.

eterps 4y ago
It seems that this project is going for a Unix like kernel with a planned POSIX compatibility layer. Oberon was going for the 'Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler' mantra. Oberon is about 10.000 lines of code for the complete OS, including its UI, compiler etc. I love the architecture of Oberon, but today it would be more fitting to use within an E-ink e-reader device. But Helios could eventually evolve into an OS that runs a mail server or web server efficiently. Or even run an existing UI setup like Wayland/Sway.
- ddevault 4y ago
  The high-level OS will be more like Plan 9 than Unix, but appreciably distinct from either.
- pjmlp 4y ago
  Oberon was a great experience, for 1990's computers. Now it is only a source of inspiration.