GenOS

This is an operating system based on PHIL'S tutorial

This have the goal of proposing a different way of storing data, inspired by set theory: one can do intersection, union and complementary of tags, where each file can have multiple tags.

For now it serves as a template to a project on another branch (Choke) witch aim to be the first game to be play on a operating system. This branch have a TUI manager and a custom trait use to create a scene system, and a buzzer sound implementation for sound output.

Progress made:

• GDT
• IDT
• Keyboard interactions
• A simple interface system
• Mouse interactions
• Sound System
• A simple command-line
• A custom programming language
• Adding file system
• Custom GUI

How to run

Using cargo run, once QEMU is install will probably do it. If you are running from VScode, you might want to consider unset GTK_PATH, as QEMU might crash otherwise (see here)

How to test baremetal

The easiest way to test baremetal is to use a USB, since this os is non multiboot compliant. Plug a usb drive, locate it using lsblk | grep sd. Make sure the usb is unmounted using unmount /PATH/TO/USB. Then run cargo run --release; dd if=target/x86_64-genos/release/bootimage-genos.bin of=/PATH/TO/USB

Then, you may restart your computer and boot from the USB.

The request system

In the future, I would like to test a different kind of filesystem, more closer to set theory. It's for the far future.

The idea is that the MBR of a hardrive is set to a custom type of partition, witch itself have a header containing a list of all files, and their tags.

Every file have multiple tag (at least the tag ID:<int>)

There are 3 types of tag :

• Simple tag of the form <word>
• A <key>:<value> tag
• A <key>:<value>,<value>,... tag

Where a value can be a string, or a file's ID. Every file have a id:<int> tag, witch is unique

Here's an example: id:10 || (image && created:23-01-2022) will request the file with ID 10 or every image made on the 23/01/2022

Other things will be available :

• Filtering a set by any P a proposition
• Making relations (like a son:X,Y,Z tag that will allow for a path-like system) and relation operation easier

It is very much still in the works.

Branches and versions

Choke is a game design to be an OS at the same time. This branch use this OS to this endevor. For now, developpement of Choke is paused and depricated.

See GenOS-old for the old C++ version of this project