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This project is an educational curriculum designed to teach the fundamentals of operating system development and low-level systems programming. It provides a structured sequence of lessons and code samples that guide users through building a functional kernel and bootloader from scratch, enabling a practical understanding of how software interacts directly with computer hardware. The repository distinguishes itself by focusing on the core mechanics of bare-metal execution. It covers the implementation of essential system components, including assembly-based bootloaders that transition process
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This project is a bare-metal operating system developed for ARM64 architecture. It serves as a low-level implementation of kernel engineering, focusing on the fundamental construction of an OS from the hardware level up. The system is distinguished by its comprehensive approach to ARM64 processor control, featuring a red-black tree task scheduler and a hierarchical page table system for virtual memory management. It implements a sophisticated privilege model that handles transitions between kernel and user modes, ensuring process isolation through address space splitting and exception level m
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This project is an educational resource and technical reference for building operating systems from scratch. It provides a comprehensive guide to mastering x86 architecture and implementing core kernel components by writing code that executes directly on hardware without the support of standard libraries or operating system abstractions. The materials focus on low-level systems engineering, teaching users how to interpret technical datasheets to manage hardware resources. It covers the fundamental mechanics of bare-metal programming, including the use of assembly language to define execution
Educational resources for learning operating system development.
This project is a Linux system administration question bank designed to evaluate knowledge of server management. It serves as a technical reference and study guide through a collection of curated questions and answers. The resource provides targeted preparation for technical interviews and professional exams. It specifically covers DevOps interview preparation, including containerization, continuous integration, and version control. The knowledge base spans several core competency areas, including system internals, kernel architectures, and the Linux boot process. It also includes materials
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MotionEyeOS is a dedicated operating system designed to transform a single board computer into a video surveillance station. It provides a centralized environment for monitoring and recording multiple video feeds. The system enables remote camera management through a unified web interface, allowing for the control and configuration of networked security cameras. It supports automated video recording based on motion detection to monitor specific areas without requiring constant manual recording. The software incorporates a Debian-based root filesystem and a Python-based backend to orchestrate
Turns single-board computers into dedicated video surveillance systems.
Tock is a secure embedded operating system and microcontroller kernel designed to isolate untrusted applications and drivers. It functions as a memory-safe process isolator that uses a combination of hardware memory protection and language-level type safety to execute mutually distrustful applications on bare metal. The system distinguishes itself through a hardware abstraction layer that decouples high-level components from specific microcontroller implementations using standardized traits. It further employs a virtualization layer to allow multiple independent software components to share a
Secure embedded OS for Cortex-M microcontrollers.
Asterinas is a memory-safe operating system kernel designed to prevent data races and memory corruption. It functions as a Linux-ABI compatible kernel, enabling the execution of existing Linux binaries and container workloads while providing a declarative operating system distribution model. The project distinguishes itself by acting as a virtual machine container host and a confidential computing guest OS, allowing it to run within hardware-isolated Trusted Execution Environments such as Intel TDX. It implements a minimal trusted computing base by isolating unsafe low-level operations and se
General-purpose kernel with Linux-compatible ABI.
This advanced real-time operating system (RTOS) is designed specifically for deeply embedded applications. Among the multiple benefits it provides are advanced scheduling facilities, message passing, interrupt management, and messaging services. Eclipse ThreadX RTOS has many advanced features,…
High-performance real-time operating system for deeply embedded applications.
Theseus is a modern OS written from scratch in Rust that explores 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧: closing the semantic gap between compiler and hardware by maximally leveraging the power of language safety and affine types. Theseus aims to shift OS responsibilities like resource management into the compiler.
Single address space OS with a focus on safe-language design.
Cosmos is an operating system "construction kit". Build your own OS using managed languages such as C#, VB.NET, and more!
Construction kit for building operating systems in managed languages.
NextcloudPi is a deployment suite and pre-configured software stack designed to install and manage a private cloud environment on Linux servers and single-board computers. It includes a specialized operating system image optimized for Raspberry Pi hardware and a dedicated management panel for automating the deployment of cloud storage and collaboration tools. The project distinguishes itself through a web-based configuration interface that allows for the automation of system updates, backup restores, and hardware monitoring. It integrates a dynamic DNS manager to synchronize server IP address
Ready-to-use private cloud server image based on Raspbian.
Practical guide for building an operating system from scratch using Rust.
Unix-like kernel for Aarch64 systems.
Einfach zu verwendendes Raspberry Pi-Image für den direkten Start in den Vollbild-Chrome-Browser, mit integrierten Komfortfunktionen für den unbeaufsichtigten Betrieb. Perfekt für Dashboards und Build-Monitore.
Boots directly into full-screen browser for dashboards.
Aero is a new modern, experimental, UNIX-like operating system following the monolithic kernel design. Supporting modern PC features such as long mode, 5-level paging, and SMP (multicore), to name a few.
Modern Unix-like monolithic kernel.
Build a minimal multi-tasking OS kernel for ARM from scratch
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DragonOS is an operating system developed from scratch using Rust, with Linux compatibility. It is designed for Serverless scenarios. 使用Rust从0自研内核,具有Linux兼容性的操作系统,面向云计算Serverless场景而设计。
OS with a custom kernel and Linux compatibility.
MOROS: Obscure Rust Operating System 🦉
Text-based hobby OS for x86-64 architecture.
DroneBridge is a system based on the WifiBroadcast approach. A bidirectional digital radio link between two endpoints is established using standard WiFi hardware and a custom protocol. DroneBridge is optimized for use in UAV applications and is a complete system. It is intended be a real alternative to other similar systems, such as DJI Lightbridge or OcuSync.
WifiBroadcast extension for wireless digital video transmission.
Affordable Digital HD Video Transmission made easy!
Wireless digital HD video transmission system.