SkyOS

SkyOS is a proprietary operating system, written from scratch (not based on any other OS), for x86 (also known as i386) PCs. Like all modern operating systems, it supports features such as symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), virtual memory, buffered memory, multitasking, and threading, and is highly POSIX compliant, among others. things.

Porting SkyOS to other platforms (other than PC) was not an option, which made the low-level code optimized for that architecture.

SkyOS is a desktop operating system, so after the computer starts up, it goes into graphical mode. Things like the command line and scripting are optional (they are, but not required). Usually users will not have to open a text-mode shell, but there are still several useful commands (such as GNU C compiler, file utilities, etc), and most tools available in Microsoft Windows and GNU /linux.

The first version of this operating system was announced on December 15, 1997. The latest version is SkyOS 5.0 Beta - Build XXXX (August 30, 2006). Some features that it has are: a 16-bit real mode, no user tasks, and a very simple graphical interface (GUI) called SkyGI that is integrated into the kernel. Therefore, the graphical environment of SkyOS, unlike Unix-like systems, does not use the X window. SkyOS is mainly due to the effort of one man, the Austrian Robert Szeleney.

Links

• SkyOS Home Page Archived on 19 April 2001 at Wayback Machine.
• SkyOS Tour Archived on November 4, 2017 at Wayback Machine.
• FAQ (in English)
• News about SkyOS in OSNews.com
• Application warehouse for SkyOS Archived on 8 October 2017 in Wayback Machine.