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Hi,

I developed an OS few years back, as a project for my graduation. It was a very basic one supporting, FDD, keyboard, text-mode video. I did this project to learn the basics and internals of the computers, and I gained knowledge too.

I was thinking to restart the project, but I didn't find any valid reason to restart, because of looking into the advancements in this field. I don't want to reinvent the wheel.

Can i know from you people that, is there anything that I can explore new in this field:

I would also like to know why everyone in this forum is writing an os...

Regards

Prabu

My main reason is because its fun
I'm an geek, so i love knowing the internals and how stuff works, and computers are my live (both as a work and as a hobby), so whats more challenging than write an OS? The piece of software that rules all other pieces of software?

Also, in the long term i MIGHT try to implement something new never seen before So i can be sort of famous like Linus .

Same here: I like doing it. Of course, who wouldn't want to discover something new, design an OS with revolutionary bits in it.

And of course, who wouldn't want to use their own OS at some point?

-JL

HI,


if radio-box allow multiple choice i will select:

• To learn the internals of computers
  To become famous like Linus Torvalds

in addition, donation! for my OS,isn't bad idea


Cheers,
Ahmad T. Dajani

I'm writing an OS to become famous (but not like Linus) and to gain a deeper understanding of computers. I started a business off of my OS design.

piranha wrote:And of course, who wouldn't want to use their own OS at some point?

TRUE!
I keep imagining this conversation:
Friend of mine: hey, nice OS there. What is it? BSD? Linux?
Me: nah.... its the K OS
F: Uh? Never heard of it...
M: Yeah.. i'm finishing writing it!


that would really r0ck!

Famous like Linus Thorvalds?

That should probably rather be "Infamous like Linus Thorvalds". Surely the man got some principles and sticks to them, which someone could probably applaud him for, but as an internet person he isn't really a very nice person..

Laksen wrote:Famous like Linus Thorvalds?

That should probably rather be "Infamous like Linus Thorvalds". Surely the man got some principles and sticks to them, which someone could probably applaud him for, but as an internet person he isn't really a very nice person..

He also really isn't that famous to begin with. Ask any non-tech or non-geek about Linus Torvalds, and I'm sure you will get a puzzled look. Ask about Bill Gates or even Steve Jobs and I will bet that the person will at least have heard of them.

Hi,

prabuinet wrote:I would also like to know why everyone in this forum is writing an os...

I started OS development to learn and because I wasn't happy with "DOS/Windows 3.11" that everyone was using at the time. I continued mostly as a hobby, but each time my hobby OS started looking useful my ambitions grew.

Now I'm hoping my OS will eventually become a viable alternative to existing mainstream OSs, and that one day people will use it instead of Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OS X, etc.

I know my chances are almost zero, but to me it's like attempting to win the lottery - a tiny chance at something huge.


Cheers,

Brendan

I picked "Other"... The closest other choice would be "To learn the internals of computers" but I'm really more interested in exploring kernel design choices rather than the hardware side of things per se. I am quite interested in how many-core architectures are going to influence OS design in the future though.