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winxpguy87 · **Post subject:** How to make one? **Posted:** Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:23 pm

How do I make a custom OS?

GAT · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:20 am

Do you mean a real custom OS written from scratch, or just a mod on a current OS?

soulman · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:07 pm

Why not learn ASM and C then make something that's actually worthwhile or don't bother at all.

ssvam · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:24 pm

soulman · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:39 pm

ssvam wrote:

Here

Pls, there are too many linux distros.

GAT · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:12 pm

Try osdev.org
It has all the info you need to make your own OS.

winxpguy87 · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:25 pm

I was hoping to mod Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.

finkmacunix · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:59 am

Easier to mod Classic Mac OS IMO...

winxpguy87 · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:50 am

@finkmacunix: the problem is that i don't own a mac old or new.

ideeman1994 · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:51 pm

winxpguy87 wrote:

@finkmacunix: the problem is that i don't own a mac old or new.

You don't need to... You can use an Emulator like Basilisk

uitham · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Fri May 04, 2012 7:49 pm

I hope you are a programmer.
I don't know of any ways to make a custom os without programming.

There are lots of free resources scattered around the web about this, though.
Google is your best friend!

CPCookieMan · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Sat May 26, 2012 11:44 pm

uitham wrote:

I hope you are a programmer.
I don't know of any ways to make a custom os without programming.

There are lots of free resources scattered around the web about this, though.
Google is your best friend!

Well if you really don't want to program, this is an option.
http://susestudio.com/

CPCookieMan

PCBuster1970 · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:28 am

i would say, give linux from scratch a go, it helps you making your own distro from what i understand

Loler · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:02 am

Use suse studio DERP

Ciastex · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:31 pm

Loler wrote:

Use suse studio DERP

Suse Studio is just nLite for SuSE distro. As said before, Assembly and C is a key to success.

CPCookieMan · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:25 pm

Ciastex wrote:

Loler wrote:

Use suse studio DERP

Suse Studio is just nLite for SuSE distro. As said before, Assembly and C is a key to success.

There's no reason you can't use SuSE as a base and write a window manager for it.

CPCookieMan

Ciastex · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:22 pm

CPCookieMan wrote:

Ciastex wrote:

Loler wrote:

Use suse studio DERP

Suse Studio is just nLite for SuSE distro. As said before, Assembly and C is a key to success.

There's no reason you can't use SuSE as a base and write a window manager for it.

CPCookieMan

Window Manager != Kernel, HAL, etc.

Using existing system as a base isn't just a custom OS, it's a modification of existing, there's still piece of work you haven't done on it and needs to be mentioned in credits.

And of course, it's less fun than writing everything from scratch.

CPCookieMan · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:18 pm

Ciastex wrote:

Using existing system as a base isn't just a custom OS, it's a modification of existing, there's still piece of work you haven't done on it and needs to be mentioned in credits.

And of course, it's less fun than writing everything from scratch.

A lot more work though, especially when the language that you know is JIT Interpreted (Java). I should really learn C... But I'll show off my custom OS later. Reason I call it a custom OS and not just a window manager is that it doesn't run the normal programs, it runs it's own programs coded specifically for my operating system (and yes, I'm implementing a way to actually install new programs not written by me). Those programs run the same inside the operating system with any host system.

CPCookieMan

JB3783 · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:14 pm

winxpguy87 wrote:

How do I make a custom OS?

Requirements:
Visual Studio 2010
Knowledge of Visual Basic, or C#
COSMOS([url]cosmos.codeplex.com[/url])

You program the Operating System the same way you would a console application.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjVJR6a4III Is also fairly helpful, if you want to do it in Assembly.
Happy programming

JaykeBird · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:50 pm

How good is Linux From Scratch anyway? I've looked at it in the past and I was wondering if messing with it is even worth my time...

RedStripes · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Wed Nov 28, 2012 9:43 pm

Involve in an active OS development before trying to do one from scratch.

espectalll123 · **Post subject:** Re: How to make one? **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:12 pm

winxpguy87 wrote:

I was hoping to mod Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.

Try my Windows 12! If you have doubts, just ask me anything

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