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BootOS: Monolithic operating system in 512 bytes of x86 machine code (github.com) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2019 | 588 points by nanochess | original thread | |
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OpenBSD Desktop in about 30 Minutes |
| recommended by 2 users | 2016 | 43 points by hidden_forest | original thread | |
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“This is a problem that is very easy to solve 5% of. It's the other 95% that's a monster.” (comment) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2009 | antonovka on: Ask HN: OSX Package Management | original thread | |
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BSD vs. Linux (2005) (over-yonder.net) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2016 | 457 points by _xrjp | original thread | |
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The Taos Operating System (1991) (dickpountain.co.uk) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2015 | 110 points by vezzy-fnord | original thread | |
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fork() can fail (rachelbythebay.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2014 | 760 points by dantiberian | original thread | |
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“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic silent EOL of the product” (twitter.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2017 | 753 points by sengork | original thread | |
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BeOS: The Alternate Universe's Mac OS X (hackaday.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2020 | 672 points by fogus | original thread | |
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Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal (github.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2019 | 542 points by hootbootscoot | original thread | |
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A Constructive Look at TempleOS (codersnotes.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2015 | 463 points by kayamon | original thread | |
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Building a Hackintosh Pro (dancounsell.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2017 | 350 points by milen | original thread | |
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What even is an OS now? (sockpuppet.org) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2026 | 311 points by fratellobigio | original thread | |
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SmolBSD – build your own minimal BSD system (smolbsd.org) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2025 | 265 points by birdculture | original thread | |
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Oberon – The Overlooked Jewel [pdf] (citeseerx.ist.psu.edu) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2017 | 202 points by nickpsecurity | original thread | |
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FreeBSD – A Lesson in Poor Defaults (vez.mrsk.me) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2022 | 139 points by josephg | original thread | |
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Notes on Red Star OS 3.0 (richardg867.wordpress.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2015 | 101 points by adamnemecek | original thread | |
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Practical File System Design: The Be File System (1999) [pdf] (nobius.org) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2016 | 101 points by e-sushi | original thread | |
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“The most important operation in QNX is MsgSend, which works like an interprocess subroutine call.” (comment) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2015 | Animats on: Examining the Legendary Hurd Kernel (2008) | original thread | |
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“I've been a software developer primarily targeting Windows for 20 years, 10 of those professionally.” (comment) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2024 | bc_programming on: The Format Dialog in Windows NT | original thread | |
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