New OS Development
Discussions center on the merits, challenges, and examples of building new operating systems from scratch, often debating whether to reinvent the wheel instead of contributing to established projects like Linux, with mentions of SerenityOS and other hobby OS efforts.
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Not enough OS's built from scratch nowadays. Fair play.
At least they aren’t reinventing the entire OS… wait
There are people still doing this. Example: Serenity OShttps://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity
Might as well develop your own OS
Why learn a completely new framework for an OS with 1% marketshare?
doesnt matter this is more important than making the os work on modern hardware
Well, a new type of operating system is needed then.
Ah, the traditional future of OS development.
maybe downvoters didnt get my point and/or Gruber's point. i'm saying that OS does not matter as it used to be to be developed by other players such as HP or Dell. asking again what is wrong with this???
These are not goals. Every OS in the world has contributions and releases. Linux has the goal to be pragmatic, BSDs have the goal to be technically perfect in a certain area, Windows had the goal to be on every desktop computer in the world and more, and OSX has the goal to be smooth and sharp.If your highest goal is that someone contributes code to your OS why would anybody use it? Think about htat question and you might find your actual goal. If you can't find a goal, then maybe the ex