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Show HN: My self-written hobby OS is finally running on my vintage IBM ThinkPad

Published on: 2025-08-07 05:51:41

About The Project 32bit Hobby Operatingsystem with graphics, multitasking and networking! Started: 12.05.2022 (back to top) Login There are 3 default users: system, admin and guest. The password for admin is 'admin', while guest has no password. Currently there is no difference between admin and guest. You can create a user with the 'admin' command: admin create < username > < password > Built With This project is built with C & Assembly for the kernel, utilities and build system. C++ for userspace applications and Make for compilation. Docker used for crossplatform compilation. (back to top) Hardware Tested on: Lenovo x240, Asus Eee PC series, Dell Optiplex 780, Samsung N150 Plus, Samsung NP-NC10, IBM Thinkpad a21p Getting Started Prerequisites Crossplatform: Docker to compile the image file and QEMU for emulation. For native compilation you will need: i386-elf-gcc, i386-elf-ld and i386-elf-g++ for MacOS. build-essential and gcc-multilib for Linux / WSL (ubuntu) Als ... Read full article.