You are viewing our Forum Archives. To view or take place in current topics click here.
Know how to make an OS?
Posted:

Know how to make an OS?Posted:

Fazoria
  • Ladder Climber
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 09, 201410Year Member
Posts: 338
Reputation Power: 13
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 09, 201410Year Member
Posts: 338
Reputation Power: 13
Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone knew how to make an Operating System and if they could teach me or give me a link on how to figure it out. This would really help, Thanks.
#2. Posted:
kpempire
  • Challenger
Status: Offline
Joined: Jan 20, 201410Year Member
Posts: 115
Reputation Power: 4
Status: Offline
Joined: Jan 20, 201410Year Member
Posts: 115
Reputation Power: 4
An operating system? That's quite a big goal haha. It's very complex and you won't find a simple tutorial on google. You'll need to add a few tutorials together and make sense out of it. Just a simple google search of "How to make an operating system?" gives a pretty big list of results. My tips:

  • Take notes on everything you read
  • Start small - don't expect to be Windows 8.
  • Goodluck
#3. Posted:
Jewish_Pikachu
  • Challenger
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 13, 201410Year Member
Posts: 156
Reputation Power: 6
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 13, 201410Year Member
Posts: 156
Reputation Power: 6
Agreed with guy above me. I'm not sure if you can make a complex/advanced OS without a small team.
#4. Posted:
Manuals
  • New Member
Status: Offline
Joined: Apr 12, 201410Year Member
Posts: 14
Reputation Power: 0
Status: Offline
Joined: Apr 12, 201410Year Member
Posts: 14
Reputation Power: 0
Totally agree with kpempire.

But they are ways you can make a linux based OS.
You can search 'Susestudios' on google to find the result.

Although this is for beginners but easy to understand if you don't understand then search youtube.
#5. Posted:
Cyimking
  • 2 Million
Status: Offline
Joined: May 02, 201212Year Member
Posts: 1,129
Reputation Power: 34
Status: Offline
Joined: May 02, 201212Year Member
Posts: 1,129
Reputation Power: 34
Fazoria wrote Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone knew how to make an Operating System and if they could teach me or give me a link on how to figure it out. This would really help, Thanks.


It takes years to make a simple OS with a large group of professionals. You have zero chances of making an OS system unless you end up working for a big name company like Apple or MS.

I mean do you even know the machine code or how to program in general?
#6. Posted:
kpempire
  • Challenger
Status: Offline
Joined: Jan 20, 201410Year Member
Posts: 115
Reputation Power: 4
Status: Offline
Joined: Jan 20, 201410Year Member
Posts: 115
Reputation Power: 4
MvPxC-Cyimking wrote
Fazoria wrote Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone knew how to make an Operating System and if they could teach me or give me a link on how to figure it out. This would really help, Thanks.


It takes years to make a simple OS with a large group of professionals. You have zero chances of making an OS system unless you end up working for a big name company like Apple or MS.

I mean do you even know the machine code or how to program in general?


That isn't necessarily true. Nothing is impossible. And it's this kind of attitude towards smart individuals that make people believe such horrendous things. It takes one individual to make change. You should do your research. This goes for anyone who thinks something is impossible.
#7. Posted:
iyop45
  • Prospect
Status: Offline
Joined: Apr 15, 201113Year Member
Posts: 614
Reputation Power: 83
Status: Offline
Joined: Apr 15, 201113Year Member
Posts: 614
Reputation Power: 83
kpempire wrote
MvPxC-Cyimking wrote
Fazoria wrote Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone knew how to make an Operating System and if they could teach me or give me a link on how to figure it out. This would really help, Thanks.


It takes years to make a simple OS with a large group of professionals. You have zero chances of making an OS system unless you end up working for a big name company like Apple or MS.

I mean do you even know the machine code or how to program in general?


That isn't necessarily true. Nothing is impossible. And it's this kind of attitude towards smart individuals that make people believe such horrendous things. It takes one individual to make change. You should do your research. This goes for anyone who thinks something is impossible.


To build one from scratch a bare minimum would be to suggest extensive experience with C and inline assembly. I don't think you appreciate that building one from scratch would take years of tedious work and tens of millions of lines of code. For an individual with no previous experience it's not impossible but more completely impractical.

Although you could build an OS using the linux kernel which would make the project a whole lot easier but it's from my understanding that this post was for making an OS entirely from scratch? Though there are lots of resources online for making a custom linux system and it's probably the best way to go:
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

You may find this useful:
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
#8. Posted:
Cyimking
  • V5 Launch
Status: Offline
Joined: May 02, 201212Year Member
Posts: 1,129
Reputation Power: 34
Status: Offline
Joined: May 02, 201212Year Member
Posts: 1,129
Reputation Power: 34
kpempire wrote
MvPxC-Cyimking wrote
Fazoria wrote Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone knew how to make an Operating System and if they could teach me or give me a link on how to figure it out. This would really help, Thanks.


It takes years to make a simple OS with a large group of professionals. You have zero chances of making an OS system unless you end up working for a big name company like Apple or MS.

I mean do you even know the machine code or how to program in general?


That isn't necessarily true. Nothing is impossible. And it's this kind of attitude towards smart individuals that make people believe such horrendous things. It takes one individual to make change. You should do your research. This goes for anyone who thinks something is impossible.


No, you should use common sense. This is the same as asking "how to make a programming language." Yes it's not impossible but it will require tons of knowledge and tons of time. The OP clearly doesn't even know the basics behind basic CS concepts.

Getting back to the original topic, if you are not trying to solve a complex problem then making a OS system IS impossible because you wouldn't know how to develop it. You will end up making a clone of Linux or Windows... just with a different design.


Last edited by Cyimking ; edited 1 time in total
#9. Posted:
Maj
  • Comment King
Status: Offline
Joined: Mar 30, 201410Year Member
Posts: 3,589
Reputation Power: 376
Status: Offline
Joined: Mar 30, 201410Year Member
Posts: 3,589
Reputation Power: 376
Making an OS Is hard and takes a while, Just google it man
#10. Posted:
kpempire
  • Challenger
Status: Offline
Joined: Jan 20, 201410Year Member
Posts: 115
Reputation Power: 4
Status: Offline
Joined: Jan 20, 201410Year Member
Posts: 115
Reputation Power: 4
"You will end up making a clone of Linux or Windows... just with a different design."

So he'd make an Operating System then, yes?
Jump to:
You are viewing our Forum Archives. To view or take place in current topics click here.