PrettyOS

Our project focuses the development of an operating system with a most simple implementation and structure. The goal is to provide a good starting point for beginners along with accompanying documents.

Features

32-bit kernel (x86), supports VM86 (16-bit) mode
storage drivers: Floppy, USB (UHCI, OHCI, EHCI, xHCI), ATA
filesystem drivers: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32
network adapter drivers: Realtek RTL8139, RTL8168/69, AMD PCNet Fast III, Intel e1000
Audio drivers: AC97 (Intel and VIA)
video drivers: VESA BIOS Extensions (2.0)
Drivers for various USB devices: Mass Storage, UFI floppy, HIDs and webcams
Console interface, supporting unlimited number of consoles at a time
Boots from own bootloader (assembly) supporting FAT12; or GRUB

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License

BSD License

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ehenkes Posted 2009-10-26

The German PrettyOS is a really great OS team.

Additional Project Details

Intended Audience

Developers

User Interface

Console/Terminal

Programming Language

Assembly, C, C++

Related Categories

C++ Operating System Kernels, Assembly Operating System Kernels, C Operating System Kernels

Registered

2009-10-13

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