KolibriOS
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 KolibriOS desktop |
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| Company / developer | KolibriOS Project Team |
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| Working state | Active |
| Latest stable release | 0.7.5.0 / 2009-01-31 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www.kolibrios.org |
KolibriOS (also known as KOS and Kolibri) is a free operating system with a monolithic preemptive, real-time kernel, video drivers, for 32-bit x86 architecture computers, developed and maintained by The KolibriOS Project Team. KolibriOS is a fork of MenuetOS, written entirely in FASM (assembly language). However, C--, C, C++, Free Pascal, Forth, among other high-level languages and compilers, can also be used in user application development. KolibriOS is available in English, German and Russian. It is named after the Russian word for hummingbird - Kolibri.
[edit] Features
- Boots from several devices.
- Graphical user interface based on VESA.
- Development kit: code editor with a macro-assembler (FASM) integrated
- TCP/IP stack
- Fits on a single 1.44MB floppy (many applications are compressed).
- Pre-emptive multitasking, streams, parallel execution of system calls.
- Supported file systems are FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 (long names support), NTFS (read only), ISO 9660 (including multisession).
- AC'97 audio codec support for Intel, nForce, nForce2, nForce3, nForce4 and SIS7012 chipsets.
- CD and DVD support.
- USB support (uhci controller).
- User can change themes directly in the OS.
[edit] Command-line interpreter
CMD is a command-line interpreter that functions as a command line (shell). The current version is 0.26.
The following is a list of the available commands:
- Application management and processes (kill, ps)
- Dealing with the file system (cp, ls, del, rn, ...)
- Other commands such as cls, ver, exit, shutdown, help, pause, echo, ends.
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