Microsoft Releases Singularity OS and Source Code!

Post by **Namronia** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:00 pm

Microsoft released Singularity Source code and an detailled instruction how to install it in VirtualPC.

Downloads and more infos here:

http://www.codeplex.com/singularity

Post by **teriaki 511** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:41 pm

What is Singularity anyway? all ive seen of it is that its an opensource research os by microsoft....

nice find anyway

Post by **fzajac** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:52 pm

Wow, i've already forgot about this project... Written in C, right?
May be interesting

Post by **Chicago** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:48 pm

FiFi wrote:Wow, i've already forgot about this project... Written in C, right?
May be interesting

Yes!!
Precisely i was searching for it!!
I came in to the forum to request it and I saw this.
great!

Post by **Danielxv** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:56 am

I compiled and tested the Singularity, see the image.

Post by **Chicago** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:06 am

What useful thing can be done with it?

Post by **Danielxv** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:27 am

I compiled more by curiosity, I do not know what can be done with it

Post by **longview** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:56 am

FiFi wrote:Wow, i've already forgot about this project... Written in C, right?
May be interesting

C#, amongst other things it uses software isolated processes, which supposedly is faster.

Post by **Daniel** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:46 am

Thas [censored] awesome! I've been waiting for it so long now!

Post by **Daniel** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:03 pm

longview wrote:
FiFi wrote:Wow, i've already forgot about this project... Written in C, right?
May be interesting
C#, amongst other things it uses software isolated processes, which supposedly is faster.

Some parts of it are written in Sing#, which is an extension of Spec# and Spec# is an extension of C#. Sing# and was only created to build Singularity.

Post by **Andy** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:59 pm

Microsoft? Release source code? Surely not!!!

Post by **longview** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:46 pm

I don't have access to a windows machine to compile this on until next week, I don't suppose anyone could upload a ISO/disk image for Parallells or Qemu?

Edit: Also, waiting for first GNU/Singularity distro.

Post by **Daniel** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:48 pm

longview wrote:I don't have access to a windows machine to compile this on until next week, I don't suppose anyone could upload a ISO/disk image for Parallells or Qemu?

Edit: Also, waiting for first GNU/Singularity distro.

I have compiled it with all the tools/drivers/etc. I will upload it now. It's a bootable ISO image.

Post by **longview** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:56 pm

Sweet!
I guess I'll have to install an emulator now...

Post by **Daniel** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:01 pm

longview wrote:Sweet!
I guess I'll have to install an emulator now...

Yes. But I think it can take a while until the file os in the server. I dont know why, I'm getting terrible upload speed, 2KB/s

Post by **Rob Jansen** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:29 pm

When i tried to upload the IE8 is started uploaded at 200KB/s within a second to 2KB/s and then it stopped.

Post by **Daniel** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:30 pm

DjRob wrote:When i tried to upload the IE8 is started uploaded at 200KB/s within a second to 2KB/s and then it stopped.

Exactly the same is happening to me...

Post by **Daniel** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:27 pm

Finished the upload, the ISO is on the server now...

Have fun!

Post by **Daniel** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:23 pm

Just created two articles about Singularity in the BA Wiki:

http://wiki.betaarchive.co.uk/index.php ... ingularity
http://wiki.betaarchive.co.uk/index.php ... larity:1.1