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]

Visopsys
DeveloperAndy McLaughlin
Written inC, Assembly language
Source modelOpen Source
Initial release2 August 2001 (2001-08-02)
Latest release0.92
Kernel typeMonolithic
LicenseGPL, LGPL
Official websitevisopsys.org

History

The development of Visopsys began in 1997, being written by Andy McLaughlin.[1] 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]

References
  1. Staff, OSNews. "Introducing the Visopsys OS". OSNews. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. "PCLinuxOS Magazine - HTML". pclosmag.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. "About Visopsys". Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  4. "Visopsys - Informática". TechTudo. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. "Visopsys 0.8: Das Beste aus allen Betriebssystemen - Pro-Linux". Retrieved 17 April 2018./
  6. "Dziwne, ciekawe, nieznane: Visopsys 0.66". PC World. IDG. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. "Visopsys News". Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. Staff, OSNews. "Visopsys 0.41 Released; An Introduction OS". OSNews. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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