KolibriOS

Hummingbird or KolibriOS is a small, in x86 assembly language written open-source operating system. It was derived from MenuetOS and independently evolved since about 2004. The 64 -bit distribution of MenuetOS is no longer offered as open source. Since 2005 KolibriOS has the source openness and the resulting growing developer community gains a greater number of user programs, however, remains limited to 32 - bit technology and single-core operation.

Functional

  • Boot from different drives. Can be started from Windows (which shuts down there), NTFS is supported.
  • Fits on a 1.44 MB floppy disk (many applications are compressed)
  • Preemptive multitasking, streams, parallel execution of system calls
  • Graphical user interface based on VESA
  • Development kit: code editor with built-in Macro Assembler ( FASM )

Minimum System Requirements

  • I586 - compatible CPU
  • 8 MB RAM
  • VESA - compatible graphics card
  • Floppy disk drive, hard disk or CD drive
  • Keyboard and mouse (COM, PS / 2 or USB)

Supported Hardware

  • Hard drives and some USB sticks. Supported file systems: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 ( with long file names), NTFS ( read-only ), ext2/ext3 ( read-only ) and CDFS
  • AC'97 audio codec support for chipsets from Intel, Nvidia ( nForce, nForce2, nForce3 and nForce4 ), VIA ( VT8233, VT8233C, VT8235, VT8237, VT8237R, VT8237R Plus), SIS ( 7012 ), Forte Media ( FM801 ) and Creative Labs ( EMU10K1X )
  • HD - audio codec support certain motherboards
  • AMD, ATI and Intel graphics chipsets
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