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I would like to announce version 0.1.2 of my OS, SeaOS.
My website is: http://seaosmain.googlepages.com/

The change log is basically:
--Now mounts /proc with process info, /dev with device info, sysfs on /sys, and debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug
--Shutdown actually sync's the harddrive, and unmounts it correctly.
--New support for reiserfs 3.6, ext2, and vfat.
--It has a basic text editor in it (Joe's own editor)

Bugs include:
--ReiserFS is always unclean at startup, should be fixed immediately.

It now also boots to a command prompt as root (no users yet).

Note: I am working on getting the distribution to a reasonable size, but haven't finished yet. So no downloads. I made a video of it though.

-JL

On your site it says you'll be using your own GUI.

Does that mean you won't be using XWindows?

Well, the Goals are a little outdated, I will most likely be using X.

piranha wrote:Well, the Goals are a little outdated, I will most likely be using X.

I don't mean to judge you, but in reality - you're just making another Linux distribution..

Isn't this the wrong forum? there are several communities out there for people creating Linux distributions.. wouldn't they be more appropriate?

Brynet-Inc wrote:

piranha wrote:Well, the Goals are a little outdated, I will most likely be using X.

I don't mean to judge you, but in reality - you're just making another Linux distribution..

Isn't this the wrong forum? there are several communities out there for people creating Linux distributions..

The correct term would be POSIX-clone (it can't be a distribution of Linux since it doesn't use the Linux kernel). POSIX-clones use different underlying kernels, and may work completely differently (microkernels, monokernels, etc) but for the end-user Linux, *BSD, *nix all act the same have the same programs available (bash, X, same window managers, etc).

Your site should include some screenies, and everyone loves a cvs repository.

Boot, startup, gui entry, command line, something that makes it different from all the countless other ones. IE, look at SGOS - true alpha, and a .net clone built in, with good memory managment.

MessiahAndrw wrote:The correct term would be POSIX-clone (it can't be a distribution of Linux since it doesn't use the Linux kernel). POSIX-clones use different underlying kernels, and may work completely differently (microkernels, monokernels, etc) but for the end-user Linux, *BSD, *nix all act the same have the same programs available (bash, X, same window managers, etc).

His website wrote:What is SeaOS? SeaOS is a Linux distro, but is going to be different then most Linux distros.

Ah, But he "is" in fact using the Linux kernel...not writing his own..

As for your attempt to "educate" me on Unix-like/POSIX systems, I don't think that at all was necessary - I myself have years of experience using BSD derivatives like OpenBSD including several commercial incarnations as well...

I don't mean to judge you, but in reality - you're just making another Linux distribution..

Ha ha, I know. It turns out that I am running the project, and I do know whats going on. Surprised?

And I know that this is kinda the wrong forum. But as I was on this forum when I was doing kernel development, I would like to continue to be here.
Plus most of my posts are under General Ramblings anyway.

Sorry about the sarcasm above, but it had to be done.


-JL

Brynet-Inc wrote:

MessiahAndrw wrote:The correct term would be POSIX-clone (it can't be a distribution of Linux since it doesn't use the Linux kernel). POSIX-clones use different underlying kernels, and may work completely differently (microkernels, monokernels, etc) but for the end-user Linux, *BSD, *nix all act the same have the same programs available (bash, X, same window managers, etc).

His website wrote:What is SeaOS? SeaOS is a Linux distro, but is going to be different then most Linux distros.

Ah, But he "is" in fact using the Linux kernel...not writing his own..

As for your attempt to "educate" me on Unix-like/POSIX systems, I don't think that at all was necessary - I myself have years of experience using BSD derivatives like OpenBSD including several commercial incarnations as well...

Sorry, I didn't mean to try to educate you. I didn't know he was using the Linux kernel until now.