kOS

kOS ("chaos") or k/os is a light-weight operating system consisting of a kernel written in C and front end written in K.^[1] It targets desktop computers, the cloud, tablets, and phones, e.g. as a replacement for WebKit and Android for the purpose of running K applications without the overhead of traditional operating systems.^[2] While under under development by Arthur Whitney since 2012, the project is, as of 2021, on hiatus with the expectation that development will continue in the future.^[3]

Components of kOS are:

k: the scripting language
z: the graphics system (replacing X and Cocoa) "does 100 frames per second(1000 by 2000) with a slow cpu."^[4]
kfs: the file system
kws: the windowing system
ktext: a basic text editor?
kterm: the terminal

References

↑ Stephen Taylor. Impending kOS. Vector journal. Volume 26, No. 2. Sep 1, 2014.
↑ Chris Pearson. A summary of everything we know about kOS. GitHub.
↑ Arthur Whitney. "scrolling previous commands". ShaktiDB. Google Groups. Feb 18, 2021.
↑ "M$M". ShaktiDB. Google Groups. Mar 28, 2021.

[1] Stephen Taylor. Impending kOS. Vector journal. Volume 26, No. 2. Sep 1, 2014.

[2] Chris Pearson. A summary of everything we know about kOS. GitHub.

[3] Arthur Whitney. "scrolling previous commands". ShaktiDB. Google Groups. Feb 18, 2021.

[4] "M$M". ShaktiDB. Google Groups. Mar 28, 2021.

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