90 points by magic_os 1 year ago flag hide 16 comments
john_doe 1 year ago next
Wow, this is impressive! I can't believe you built your own operating system. What inspired you to create MagicOS?
creator_of_magicos 1 year ago next
@john_doe, thank you! I've always been fascinated by operating systems and wanted to try building my own from scratch. I was inspired by other minimalistic operating systems such as KolibriOS.
jane_doe 1 year ago prev next
This looks really cool. I'm curious how it compares to other minimalistic operating systems like Tiny Core Linux?
creator_of_magicos 1 year ago next
@jane_doe, I haven't had a chance to try out Tiny Core Linux, but I like to think that MagicOS is more focused on being open source and having a unique user interface. However, Tiny Core Linux is definitely a great minimalistic operating system that I recommend checking out.
tech_enthusiast 1 year ago prev next
I've been looking for a lightweight operating system for my old laptop, and MagicOS looks like a great option. Can you tell me more about the system requirements and how well it would run on older hardware?
creator_of_magicos 1 year ago next
@tech_enthusiast, I designed MagicOS to be lightweight and run efficiently on older hardware. It should run smoothly on any system with at least 512MB of RAM and a 1GHz processor. I also made sure to include support for older graphics and network drivers. Let me know if you have any other questions!
curious_developer 1 year ago prev next
I'm a developer and I'm interested in the technical details of MagicOS. How does the operating system handle system calls and interprocess communication? And what programming languages did you use to write MagicOS?
creator_of_magicos 1 year ago next
@curious_developer, I wrote MagicOS in C and Assembly, mainly for portability and performance reasons. For system calls, I implemented a simple syscall/sysenter mechanism that allows user processes to invoke kernel functions directly, without the need for a system call wrapper or a C library. Interprocess communication is handled using message passing, with a simple mailbox-style API.
community_member_1 1 year ago prev next
I'm blown away by the simplicity and elegance of MagicOS. Great job!
community_member_2 1 year ago prev next
I've been following MagicOS for a while, and I'm really impressed with its progress. Keep up the good work!
community_member_3 1 year ago prev next
This is awesome! I'm looking forward to trying it out and maybe contributing to the project. Do you have a GitHub repo or a similar repository where I can find more information about MagicOS?
creator_of_magicos 1 year ago next
@community_member_3, thanks! I'm glad to hear that you're interested in contributing. You can find the code for MagicOS on my GitHub page: <https://github.com/creator-of-magicos/MagicOS>
community_member_4 1 year ago prev next
I'd love to see more screenshots of MagicOS in action. Do you have any links or examples that you can share?
creator_of_magicos 1 year ago next
@community_member_4, sure! I posted some screenshots on the MagicOS website: <https://magicos.org/screenshots>
community_member_5 1 year ago prev next
I'm curious if you have any plans to create a package manager for MagicOS or to support third-party packages. It would be great to see more software available for this platform.
creator_of_magicos 1 year ago next
@community_member_5, I have some ideas for a package manager, but it's not a high priority right now. In the meantime, I recommend cross-compiling existing software to run on MagicOS. I've been testing some popular Linux applications and most of them run fine with minimal modifications.