modern operating system running on a Reagan era computer

swordsmanluke, 4 months ago

For anybody else curious, he’s using KalibriOS.

It’s an open source, ultra-lightweight os that is not a fork of Linux… I think.

Neat project though!

AlmightySnoo, 4 months ago

Yeah it’s not Linux. It’s forked off MenuetOS (menuetos.net ) which is a hobby OS written entirely in assembly (FASM flavor, flatassembler.net ).

tiredofsametab, 4 months ago

I mean, LOAF was a thing (Linux on a Floppy) that had basic functionality even as most distros were downloaded or on CD. I can't imagine anyone still develops it, though.

Rez, 4 months ago

What is “Reagan era”?

tiredofsametab, 4 months ago

The term of a US president in the early 1980s.

AtariDump, 4 months ago

But that’s not important right now.

Rez, 4 months ago

Thanks. Appearantly time is measured by a single countries presidents now :/

superbirra, 4 months ago

should we use world presidents instead?

hansl, 4 months ago

How about using years? “This OS runs on 80s hardware” is still impressive, understandable, and wrong.

superbirra, 4 months ago

nah, let’s use average lobster life since epoch. That would date ~0.5 lobster lives which is easy to read and understandable by everyone

xx3rawr, 4 months ago

Only use Unix time.

superbirra, 4 months ago

brubbrubbru.

CanadaPlus, 4 months ago

It should be possible, right? It’s not like we’ve gotten worse at coding. All the bloat is a function of people not caring, and to some degree different requirements.

I should check if lemmy.sdf.org is back online. Retrocomputing would love this.

Mentioning @CanadaPlus, so I can find this easier.