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@ -6,16 +6,19 @@ x86 Unix-like operating system for IBM PC-compatibles.
I always wondered what it would be like to write my own operating system, but I never took it seriously. Until now. I always wondered what it would be like to write my own operating system, but I never took it seriously. Until now.
I've grown tired of cutesy and condescending software that doesn't take itself or the user seriously. This is my effort to bring back the feeling of computing we once knew. I've grown tired of cutesy and condescending software that doesn't take itself or the user seriously. This is my effort to bring back the feeling of computing I once knew.
Roughly speaking, the goal here is a marriage between the aesthetic of late-1990s productivity software and the power-user accessibility of late-2000s \*nix. This is a system by me, for me, based on the things I like.
## Screenshot ## Screenshot
![Screenshot as of b5521e1](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/awesomekling/serenity/master/Meta/screenshot-b5521e1.png) ![Screenshot as of cdb82f6](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/awesomekling/serenity/master/Meta/screenshot-cdb82f6.png)
## Current features ## Current features
* Pre-emptive multitasking * Pre-emptive multitasking
* Compositing window server * Compositing window server
* IPv4 networking with ARP, TCP, UDP and ICMP
* ext2 filesystem * ext2 filesystem
* Unix-like libc and userland * Unix-like libc and userland
* mmap() * mmap()
@ -23,22 +26,26 @@ I've grown tired of cutesy and condescending software that doesn't take itself o
* Local sockets * Local sockets
* Pseudoterminals * Pseudoterminals
* Event-driven GUI library * Event-driven GUI library
* Graphical text editor * Text editor
* IRC client
* DNS lookup
* Other stuff I can't think of right now... * Other stuff I can't think of right now...
## How do I get it to run? ## How do I build and run this?
You need a freestanding cross-compiler for the i686-elf target (for the kernel) and another You need a freestanding cross-compiler for the i686-elf target (for the kernel) and another
cross-compiler for the i686-pc-serenity target (for all the userspace stuff.) It's probably possible to coerce it into building with vanilla gcc/clang if you pass all the right compiler flags, but I haven't been doing that for a while. cross-compiler for the i686-pc-serenity target (for all the userspace stuff.) It's probably possible to coerce it into building with vanilla gcc/clang if you pass all the right compiler flags, but I haven't been doing that for a while.
There's [a helpful guide on building a GCC cross-compiler](https://wiki.osdev.org/GCC_Cross-Compiler) on the OSDev wiki.
I've only tested this on an Ubuntu 18.10 host with GCC 8.2.0, so I'm not sure it works anywhere else. I've only tested this on an Ubuntu 18.10 host with GCC 8.2.0, so I'm not sure it works anywhere else.
If you'd like to run it, here's how you'd get it to boot: If you'd like to run it, here's how you'd get it to boot:
cd Kernel cd Kernel
./makeall.sh ./makeall.sh
./run q # Runs in QEMU ./run # Runs in QEMU
./run # Runs in bochs ./run b # Runs in bochs (limited networking support)
## Author ## Author