Visopsys
32-bit operating system for PC From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Visopsys (Visual Operating System), is an operating system, written by Andy McLaughlin.[1] Development of the operating system began in 1997.[2] The operating system is licensed under the GNU GPL, with the headers and libraries under the less restrictive LGPL license.[3] It runs on the 32-bit IA-32 architecture.[4] It features a multitasking kernel, supports asynchronous I/O and the FAT line of file systems.[5] It requires a Pentium processor.[6]
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| Developer | Andy McLaughlin |
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| Written in | C, Assembly language |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | 2 August 2001 |
| Latest release | 0.92 / 21 September 2023 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic |
| License | GPL, LGPL |
| Official website | visopsys |
History
The development of Visopsys began in 1997, being written by Andy McLaughlin.[1][3] The first public release of the Operating System was on 2 March 2001, with version 0.1.[7] In this release, Visopsys was a 32 bit operating system, supporting preemptive multitasking and virtual memory.[1]
System overview
Visopsys uses a monolithic kernel,[8] written in the C programming language, with elements of assembly language for certain interactions with the hardware.[3] The operating system supports a graphical user interface, with a small C library.[5]
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