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{{Infobox_OS |
 
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   name = KolibriOS |
 
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   screenshot = [[Image:KolibriOS.png|250px]]|
 
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   caption = KolibriOS desktop|
 
   caption = KolibriOS desktop|
 
   developer = [http://www.kolibrios.org/?p=ContactUs KolibriOS Project Team]|
 
   developer = [http://www.kolibrios.org/?p=ContactUs KolibriOS Project Team]|
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  latest_release_version = 0.7.7.0 |
 
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  latest_release_date = December, 2009 |
 
 
   kernel_type = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolithic_kernel Monolithic kernel] |
 
   kernel_type = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolithic_kernel Monolithic kernel] |
 
   license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] |
 
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KolibriOS is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source open source] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system operating system] with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolithic_kernel monolithic] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preemption_(computing) preemptive] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(computer_science) kernel], video drivers, for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32-bit 32-bit] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/x86_architecture x86 architecture] computers, developed and maintained by The KolibriOS Project Team. KolibriOS is a fork of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MenuetOS MenuetOS], written entirely in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASM FASM] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_language assembly language]). However, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C C], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C++ C++], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Pascal Free Pascal], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth Forth], among other high-level languages and compilers, can also be used in user application development.<br />
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KolibriOS is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software open source] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system operating system] for 32-bit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/x86_architecture x86] computers based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MenuetOS MenuetOS], written entirely in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASM Assembler/FASM].
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English, Russian and German versions are available.
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'''IMPORTANT:''' Help KolibriOS development by working on ideas from the [[Google Summer of Code 2018]] list!
  
 
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== KolibriOS Features ==
 
== KolibriOS Features ==
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* Boots from several devices, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS NTFS] is also supported. You can even start it from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows Windows] (Windows will shutdown).
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* A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolithic_kernel monolithic] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preemption_(computing) preemptive] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(computer_science) kernel] that is less than 100 kilobytes in size, complete with streams, parallel execution of system calls, a USB and [[New_stack|TCP/IP]] stack.
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* Graphical user interface based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA VESA].
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* Speed: Thanks to being (carefully) written in Assembler, it's very fast.
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* Requires only  8 Mb of RAM. (Some versions will boot with as little as 6 Mb)
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* Size: KolibriOS is very small - The kernel and most of the programs fit on a 1.44MB floppy disk!
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* Development kit: code editor with a macro-assembler ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASM FASM]) integrated.
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* Filesystem support: Read/write support for FAT16/32 (with long file names) and ext2/3/4, read-only support for NTFS, XFS and CDFS(ISO9660).
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* Lightweight: Kolibri boots on any computer that has a Pentium (i586) compatible processor and at least eight megabytes of RAM.
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* Runs on low end systems or older hardware ([[SystemRequirements]])
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* Hardware support: A lot of the popular sound, network and graphics cards are supported (see [[Hardware_Support|supported hardware list]])
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* Pre-emptive multitasking, streams, parallel execution of system calls.
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* Comes with a development kit (code editor with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASM FASM] macro-assembler integrated).
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* Supported file systems are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAT12 FAT12], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAT16 FAT16], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAT32 FAT32] (long names support), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS NTFS] (partially, read only), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext2 ext2]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3 ext3]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4 ext4] (partially, read only) and CDFS.
 
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC'97 AC'97] audio codec support for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel Intel], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nForce nForce], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nForce2 nForce2], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nForce3 nForce3], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nForce4 nForce4], SIS7012, FM801, VT8233, VT8233C, VT8235, VT8237, VT8237R, VT8237R Plus and EMU10K1X chipsets.
 
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== Active subprojects ==
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== Branches ==
  
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* Embedded version of KolibriOS - [[EmbeddedKOS|Kolibri-A]]
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* [[EmbeddedKOS|Kolibri-A]] - an embedded version of KolibriOS
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* New network stack (sockets-based) [[New stack]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 16:40, 18 October 2017

KolibriOS
KolibriOS logo
KolibriOS.png
KolibriOS desktop
Website: www.kolibrios.org
Developed by: KolibriOS Project Team
License: GPL
Kernel type: Monolithic kernel
Working state: Active

KolibriOS is an open source operating system for 32-bit x86 computers based on MenuetOS, written entirely in Assembler/FASM.

IMPORTANT: Help KolibriOS development by working on ideas from the Google Summer of Code 2018 list!

Home FAQ
Forum Documentation
Nightly Builds Development
Bug Tracker Wanted Features
Source Repository Applications
File Repository Hardware Support
All categories

KolibriOS Features

  • A monolithic preemptive kernel that is less than 100 kilobytes in size, complete with streams, parallel execution of system calls, a USB and TCP/IP stack.
  • Speed: Thanks to being (carefully) written in Assembler, it's very fast.
  • Size: KolibriOS is very small - The kernel and most of the programs fit on a 1.44MB floppy disk!
  • Filesystem support: Read/write support for FAT16/32 (with long file names) and ext2/3/4, read-only support for NTFS, XFS and CDFS(ISO9660).
  • Lightweight: Kolibri boots on any computer that has a Pentium (i586) compatible processor and at least eight megabytes of RAM.
  • Hardware support: A lot of the popular sound, network and graphics cards are supported (see supported hardware list)
  • Comes with a development kit (code editor with FASM macro-assembler integrated).

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