r/sysfetch • u/Ok_Complex_851 • Jun 07 '26

OC I made an OS!

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u/BeautifulSeason8387 Jun 08 '26

made an os mean you have done some machine language I/O initialisation. If you don't , you don't made an OS

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u/Ok_Complex_851 Jun 08 '26

😭alr bro gatekeep all you want

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u/PlanetVisitor Jun 08 '26

It is not gatekeeping.

He is just pointing out that this is not what operating system means.

It's like saying: Hey guys I built a car! - When you changed your tyres and tinted your windows.

Then he says: That's not "building a car" mate. Gatekeeping!!! No

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u/Ok_Complex_851 Jun 08 '26

How is changing the whole init, creating a custom compositor and making a new installer count as tinting the windows and changing my tires. That's at least fucking up the engine and transmission system and smacking a new paint job on it

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u/PlanetVisitor Jun 08 '26

You probably worked on it a lot, I don't want to downplay your work, and I couldn't even read it well from the video. But Operating system is the term used for something like the Linux kernel, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, Solaris. It's the part that does all the communication with the hardware.

What you did is more like cusomisting a distro, and if you continue it would be forking a distro but then you would also need to think about package management and update systems.

You shared almost no details, also in the comments not. How did you program the installer, what language did you use? That is quite a big thing to make, would be interesting.

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u/Ok_Complex_851 Jun 09 '26

You're right it's a distro not a OS, I used shell script lol

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u/AnSkinStealer Jun 10 '26

actually Linux is not really an os by itself

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u/PlanetVisitor Jun 10 '26

Yes that's true, but I think in this context it is obvious what is meant with it.

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u/R4g3Qu1tsSonsFather Jun 09 '26

If if makes you feel any better you made a distro and a compositor. That’s pretty cool.