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Got to agree, not to knock OP for sharing this because this is a fun hobby project, but to most people this doesn't meet even loose definitions of OS. I'd say
by veltas 2y ago
Got to agree, not to knock OP for sharing this because this is a fun hobby project, but to most people this doesn't meet even loose definitions of OS.
I'd say this is a bootable environment or something.
To be an OS it would have to have some way to run programs as well.
- Jotalea 2y agoTo me, an OS is a piece of software that can boot in a computer without requiring anything from another OS as host, and allows running programs bundled with the OS (like Paint on windows 1.1), and if supported, 3rd party programs.
- veltas 2y agoYes, and a lot of people feel that way, but that's 'booting', or 'bootstrap'. A program like that is what I might call a bootable application. It's just not what an OS is. "Operating System" has quite a clear meaning, being software that assists the general operation of the computer. If it's not capable of running general programs then it's not an Operating System.