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'''kOS''' ("chaos") is a light-weight operating system consisting of a kernel written in C and front end written in [[K]]. It is currently under development by [[Arthur Whitney]] for the purpose of running K applications without the overhead of traditional operating systems.
'''kOS''' ("chaos") or '''k/os''' is a light-weight operating system consisting of a kernel written in C and front end written in [[K]].<ref>[[Stephen Taylor]]. [https://vector.org.uk/impending-kos/ Impending kOS]. [[Vector journal]]. Volume 26, No. 2. Sep 1, 2014.</ref> It targets desktop computers, the cloud, tablets, and phones, e.g. as a replacement for [[wikipedia:WebKit|WebKit]] and [[wikipedia:Android (operating system)|Android]] for the purpose of running K applications without the overhead of traditional operating systems.<ref>Chris Pearson. [https://gist.github.com/chrispsn/da00835bb122c42f429a084df83fd746 A summary of everything we know about kOS]. GitHub.</ref> While 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.<ref>[[Arthur Whitney]]. [https://groups.google.com/g/shaktidb/c/6E2hEzvPxgs/m/K9opK6hNAwAJ "scrolling previous commands"]. ShaktiDB. Google Groups. Feb 18, 2021.</ref>
== External links ==
* [https://gist.github.com/chrispsn/da00835bb122c42f429a084df83fd746 A summary of everything we know about kOS.]
* Vector Journal: [https://vector.org.uk/impending-kos/ Impending kOS]


Components of kOS are:
* k: the scripting language
* z: the graphics system (replacing [[wikipedia:X Window System|X]] and [[wikipedia:Cocoa (API)|Cocoa]]) "does 100 frames per second(1000 by 2000) with a slow cpu."<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/shaktidb/c/A4H2sBXGXRI/m/j4UQBhVKAQAJ "M$M"]. ShaktiDB. Google Groups. Mar 28, 2021.</ref>
* kfs: the file system
* kws: the windowing system
* ktext: a basic text editor?
* kterm: the terminal
== References ==
<references/>
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