Visopsys

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Visopsys
Visopsys-logo.png
Developer Andy McLaughlin
Written in C, Assembly language
Source model Open source
Initial release2 August 2001;23 years ago (2001-08-02)
Latest release 0.92 / 21 September 2023;19 months ago (2023-09-21)
Kernel type Monolithic
License GPL, LGPL
Official website visopsys.org

Visopsys (Visual Operating System), is an operating system, written by Andy McLaughlin. [1] Development of the operating system began in 1997. [2] The operating system is licensed under the GNU GPL, with the headers and libraries under the less restrictive LGPL license. [3] It runs on the 32-bit IA-32 architecture. [4] It features a multitasking kernel, supports asynchronous I/O and the FAT line of file systems. [5] It requires a Pentium processor. [6]

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History

The development of Visopsys began in 1997, being written by Andy McLaughlin. [1] [3] The first public release of the Operating System was on 2 March 2001, with version 0.1. [7] In this release, Visopsys was a 32 bit operating system, supporting preemptive multitasking and virtual memory. [1]

System overview

Visopsys uses a monolithic kernel, [8] written in the C programming language, with elements of assembly language for certain interactions with the hardware. [3] The operating system supports a graphical user interface, with a small C library. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 McLaughlin, Andy (2 June 2003). Loli, Eugenia (ed.). "Introducing the Visopsys OS". OSNews . Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Johnston, Darrel (January 2012). "Alternate OS: Visopsys". PCLinuxOS Magazine. Vol. 60. p. 15. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "About Visopsys". visopsys.org. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Uma junção dos SOs do mercado sem os problemas conhecidos" [A combination of the OSs on the market without the known problems]. TechTudo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. 1 2 Lindner, Mirko (22 September 2016). "Visopsys 0.8: Das Beste aus allen Betriebssystemen" [Visopsys 0.8: The best of all operating systems]. Pro-Linux.de (in German). Retrieved 17 April 2018./
  6. ↑ Bigo, Łukasz (1 February 2007). "Dziwne, ciekawe, nieznane: Visopsys 0.66" [Strange, Interesting, Unknown: Visopsys 0.66]. PC World (in Polish). Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Visopsys News". visopsys.org. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. ↑ McLaughlin, Andy (19 August 2004). "Visopsys 0.41 Released; An Introduction OS". OSNews . Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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