MOROS 0.12.0

MOROS is a text-based hobby operating system written in Rust by Vincent Ollivier.

It targets computers with a x86-64 architecture and a BIOS, drawing inspiration from Unix, Plan 9, and DOS to provide a simple and efficient environment for computing and communication from the command line.

What's new in MOROS 0.12.0?

• Replaced the frame allocator to support large amounts of memory
• Optimized file::write append operations to improve large file support
• Added FileIO::write to ATA devices to write bootloader and kernel to disk
• Added a kernel package
• Added zlib support with deflate and inflate commands
• Added INI file parsers to standardize system configuration
• Added multiple buffers support in the editor
• Added <path>:<row>:<col> support in the editor and error messages
• Added a spell utility
• Added a brainfuck interpreter
• Renamed the delete command to drop

Read the full list of changes on the CHANGELOG.

How to run MOROS?

The binary can be booted from USB on a computer with a BIOS or from a virtual machine with Bochs, QEMU, or VirtualBox. Here's a quick way to do it with QEMU:

qemu-system-x86_64 -m 32 -cpu max -nic model=e1000 -soundhw pcspk -hda moros-v0.12.0.bin

Read more detailed instructions in the README.