On Dec 1, 2005, at 4:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi FreeBSD,
Hi My Names Mr Marc Harry Charles Corn,
I am The CEO of _www.skyline2.co.uk_
(http://www.skyline2.co.uk) i am e-mailing you on consern to your
free OS um i want to develop an OS aswell are you
able to
give me instructions on how to start an OS or even join Forces to
make an OS
meny thanks from the Skyline2 Team
You might want to start by working on the image your web site projects
of your group. The spelling errors make it look atrocious, and
consequently, not many people would probably take you seriously after
seeing it. Are you an actual company, or some kids doing this as a
hobby, or...? If you're not an actual incorporated company, I don't
know if you'd want to use the term CEO.
If you're interested in creating a free operating system, a common
response you'll probably get is to just download the source code and
look at it yourselves; I'd not necessarily recommend this though, since
if you're just starting such a project the source to FreeBSD or the
Linux kernel may be a bit daunting. For learning how the best way to
start may be to look through the Minix source code.
There are some books available through Barnes and Noble and Amazon that
may help; there are books on the Linux and FreeBSD kernels, and there
are Tanenbaum's books on programming operating systems. There's also
an old book floating around with a title similar to "Create Your Own 32
Bit Operating System" that I'm sure someone else could help clarify on
the list.
Actually, the BEST way to start is to sit down and actually write out
your goals and aims for the particular OS (real time? Just something
that boots? Will it be multiuser? Networking? etc.) before even
starting the programming tasks. Then you can google for hobby
operating systems to see what other people are doing, or maybe join
other projects developer teams to see how they run things.
-Bart
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