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207 points krustowski | 1 comments | 19 Jun 25 13:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source

To try it out, simply build the project yourself from source, or use attached bootable ISO image of the system (in Releases on Github) and run it in QEMU.

https://blog.vxn.dev/rou2exos-rusted-edition

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jmmv ◴[20 Jun 25 00:34 UTC] No.44323791[source]▶

>>44318588 (OP) #

I don’t understand: what makes this “DOS-like”? Not even the command names match DOS, except for dir and cls, and the architecture and feature set are completely different.

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1. paulannesley ◴[20 Jun 25 00:49 UTC] No.44323848[source]▶

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Single-user, single-task, VGA text-mode operating system with a basic filesystem (fat12), I guess.

Note the “guest” username in the prompt is a const, not multi-user: https://github.com/krustowski/rou2exOS/blob/6f85955dd339f09d...

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