klange/toaruos

Features

• General Purpose Kernels - Develops a custom x86-64 kernel managing memory paging, symmetric multiprocessing, and hardware resource coordination.
• Independent Operating Systems - Developed as a complete, independent operating system built from the ground up without external dependencies.
• Python Scripting Environments - Integrates an embedded Python environment for high-performance system-level development and scripting.
• Custom Text Rendering - Implements a custom font and glyph processing system to display text without external graphics libraries.
• Coordinate-Based Glyph Rendering - Provides a custom system for processing font data and rendering characters as glyphs without external libraries.
• Core System Libraries - Provides a foundational core system library managing memory and basic operations to ensure system autonomy.
• Windowing Systems - Implements a custom windowing system for display buffer management and input routing.
• x86_64 Device Support - Provides kernel-level support for 64-bit x86 hardware architectures.
• Operating System Development - Builds a complete, independent operating system from the ground up without relying on third-party kernels or libraries.
• Symmetric Multiprocessing Mechanisms - Distributes computational tasks across multiple CPU cores using kernel-level SMP mechanisms.
• Symmetric Multiprocessing Models - Implements a shared-memory model to distribute system operations across multiple CPU cores for parallel execution.
• System Call Interfaces - Provides a structured gateway for user-space applications to request essential low-level services from the kernel.
• x86 Kernel Implementations - Features a custom x86-64 kernel supporting paging and symmetric multiprocessing.
• Bytecode Interpreters - Implements a custom virtual machine and interpreter to execute compiled bytecode for application logic.
• Desktop Windowing Management - Manages window buffers and input routing to provide a functional graphical user interface.
• Graphical User Interfaces - Implements a ground-up windowing system and text rendering engine for the graphical user interface.
• Buffer Composition - Implements a buffer-based system to composite individual window buffers into a single display.
• Binary Module Loaders - Includes a dedicated system loader that resolves external symbols and links binary libraries into memory at runtime.
• System Package Managers - Ships a system package manager for installing and managing pre-compiled binaries and libraries.
• Network Stacks - Implements foundational networking capabilities including a full TCP stack and socket communication.
• TCP Server Management - Implements a network stack capable of managing listening sockets and TCP server hosting.
• Binary Compatibility Layers - Includes a compatibility layer and standard libraries to support the execution of third-party applications.
• Virtual Device Abstractions - Coordinates hardware resources through a modular layer of virtual devices to abstract different physical architectures.
• Virtual Device Management - Implements a modular system for coordinating hardware operations and generating virtual devices.
• System Administration Utilities - Ships a set of built-in command-line tools for performing administrative and operational system tasks.
• Terminal Emulators - Ships a command-line interface emulator with 24-bit color support for system interaction.
• Custom Kernel Booting - Enables the system to boot a custom software stack directly on hardware.
• User Space Tooling - Provides a suite of user-space tools including a syntax-highlighting editor and a tabbed terminal emulator.
• Syntax Highlighting Editors - Includes a specialized text editor with visual cues to highlight syntax elements within code files.
• Dynamic Linkers - Implements a dedicated dynamic binary loader to resolve symbols and link binaries at runtime.

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