PianOS

This is a page dedicated to my hobby operating system: PianOS. I am developing PianOS for the purpose of learning more about low level computing and how the kernel works (No, I will not become a Linux kernel contributer; I am not smart enough for that). I plan to get the kernel to a level at which the development and execution of userland programs is possible, and then to write a few. I am not a professional software developer, nor do I have any computer science related degrees. Below is a link to this project on GitHub; feel free to download, run, fork, suggest, mock, etc.

Link to GitHub repo: https://github.com/boeningDev/PianOS

FAQ

• What is an operating system? An operating system is the software that directly controls the hardware on your computer and allows programs such as web browsers to run. Examples of operating systems are Windows, Linux, and OSX (Mac).


• How did you learn to create this? The OSDev Wiki is a great resource for someone trying to learn how to create an operating system. It has pages containing information about the specifics of the computers functions


• Why is it called PianOS? My computer is set up next to a piano, so I named accordingly


• Why did you make x design choice? I'm making this up as I go so I just do what I think will work.


• How can I contact you to complain about how terrible your code is? Use this contact form.

Changelog/Updates

Current Version: v0.1.3 - This version has a fat16 header and will enable A20. The next step will be to create a fat16 filesystem driver for real mode (for reading the rest of the bootloader segments).