KOS: Difference between revisions

'''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 [[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 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>