Visopsys
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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 |
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]
History
[edit]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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c McLaughlin, Andy (2 June 2003). Loli, Eugenia (ed.). "Introducing the Visopsys OS". OSNews. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ Johnston, Darrel (January 2012). "Alternate OS: Visopsys". PCLinuxOS Magazine. Vol. 60. p. 15. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "About Visopsys". visopsys.org. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "Uma junção dos SOs do mercado sem os problemas conhecidos" [A combination of the OSs on the market without the known problems]. TechTudo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ a b Lindner, Mirko (22 September 2016). "Visopsys 0.8: Das Beste aus allen Betriebssystemen" [Visopsys 0.8: The best of all operating systems]. Pro-Linux.de (in German). Retrieved 17 April 2018./
- ^ Bigo, Łukasz (1 February 2007). "Dziwne, ciekawe, nieznane: Visopsys 0.66" [Strange, Interesting, Unknown: Visopsys 0.66]. PC World (in Polish). Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Visopsys News". visopsys.org. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ McLaughlin, Andy (19 August 2004). "Visopsys 0.41 Released; An Introduction OS". OSNews. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
External links
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- Homepage
- Mum Tries Out Visopsys 0.7.3 (2014), OSFirstTimer, 23 March 2014