A practical guide and GitHub-hosted project by Samy Pesse that walks you through building a very simple UNIX-based operating system in C++, designed to boot, launch a userland shell, and remain extensible. It’s more than a proof of concept—it’s meant to be functional and educational.

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  • Step-by-step guidance to build a bootable kernel in C++
  • Uses GNU GRUB for multiboot support and kernel loading
  • Starts with BIOS boot and transitions into a minimal shell environment
  • Teaches low-level concepts like linking, assembly, and ELF format
  • Apache‑2.0‑licensed source with documentation via GitBook
  • Intended to be extensible and educational rather than production-ready

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C

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