KolibriOS

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KolibriOS
Company / developer KolibriOS Project Team
Programmed in Fasm
Working state Active
Source model Open source
Latest stable release 0.7.7.0 / December 13, 2009
Available language(s) English, Russian, Italian, Spanish
Available programming languages(s) Fasm, C/C++, Pascal, Python, BF, Lua etc.
Supported platforms x86
Kernel type Monolithic
Default user interface KolibriOS Kernel API
License GNU General Public License
Preceded by MenuetOS
Official website www.kolibrios.org

Kolibri or KolibriOS is a small open source x86 operating system written completely in assembly. It was forked off from MenuetOS[1] in 2004 and has run under independent development since.

Features

  • Compact kernel thoroughly optimized for ultimate speed and size
  • Pre-emptive multitasking, streams, parallel execution of system calls
  • Boots in few seconds from various devices; NTFS and Ext2/3 also supported. Can be started from Coreboot and Windows (Windows will shutdown)
  • Graphical user interface based on and optimized for VESA
  • Development kit: code editor with a macro-assembler (FASM) integrated
  • Most distributives will fit on a single 1.44 MB Floppy image

System requirements

  • i586 compatible CPU required
  • 8 MB of RAM[2]
  • VESA-compatible videocard
  • 1.44MB 3.5" floppy drive, hard disk, USB Flash or CD-drive
  • Keyboard and mouse (COM, PS/2 or USB)

Supported hardware

  • Hard disks and some USB-sticks. Supported file systems are FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 (long names support), NTFS (partially, read only), ext2/ext3/ext4 (partially, read only) and CDFS
  • AC'97 audio codec support for Intel, nForce, nForce2, nForce3, nForce4, SIS7012, FM801, VT8233, VT8233C, VT8235, VT8237, VT8237R, VT8237R Plus and EMU10K1X chipsets
  • HD Audio codec support for certain motherboards
  • AMD, ATI and Intel video chipsets

Development branches

  • KolibriACPI: Extended ACPI support
  • KolibriNET: Extended network support
  • Kolibri-A: Embeddable version fiercely optimized for AMD Fusion platforms

External links

Other reviews:

References

  1. www.kolibrios.org
  2. KolibriOS – A tiny operating system on a 1.44MB floppy
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