Lites

For the ancient custom for appointing a High Sheriff, see Pricking the Lites.

Lites is a discontinued Unix-like operating system, based on 4.4BSD and the Mach microkernel. Specifically, Lites is a multi-threaded server and emulation library that provided unix functions to a Mach-based system. At the time of its release, Lites provided binary compatibility with 4.4BSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, 386BSD, UX (4.3BSD), and Linux.^[1]

Lites
Developer	Johannes Helander, Helsinki University of Technology; Flux Research Group, University of Utah
Written in	C, assembly language
OS family	Unix-like (4.4BSD)
Working state	Discontinued
Source model	Open-source
Final release	1.1.u3 / 30 March 1996; 29 years ago (1996-03-30)
Repository	www.cs.utah.edu/flux/lites/html/
Marketing target	Research
Available in	English
Update method	Compile from source code
Supported platforms	x86, MIPS, Alpha, PA-RISC, PC532
Kernel type	Microkernel
Default user interface	Command-line interface
License	BSD
Official website	www.cs.utah.edu/flux/lites/html/lites-info.html

Lites was originally written by Johannes Helander at Helsinki University of Technology, and was further developed by the Flux Research Group at the University of Utah.^[2]

See also

• HPBSD