The Luminous Operating System

[lunaNoir25]

Hello everyone,

I've been working on this operating system (semi-hobby, nothing major, very minimal, and not planned to be as big as Linux) called Lumie (short for "The Luminous Operating System"). It currently boots using Limine for 64-bit UEFI using x86_64 architecture (Intel and AMD CPUs), and doesn't have Legacy BIOS support. Currently, it only has:

* Minimal Unix-like Shell.
* FAT12/16 read only support.
* You can read the rest in the README file.

I have it on GitHub, and I greatly appreciate all support, whether that is suggestions, features, bugfixes or even yelling at me for my terrible code (don't worry, I don't use gotos).

[https://github.com/lunaNoir25/Lumie]

[Octocontrabass]

It currently boots using Limine [...] and doesn't have Legacy BIOS support.

Limine has legacy BIOS support and your makefile seems to set it up correctly. What are you doing that requires UEFI?

[lunaNoir25]

It currently boots using Limine [...] and doesn't have Legacy BIOS support.

Limine has legacy BIOS support and your makefile seems to set it up correctly. What are you doing that requires UEFI?

Oh, I'm probably dumb, sorry!
I haven't testing this on real hardware yet so I don't know if it does work on BIOS.
I probably overlooked it or focused too much on the UEFI support.
Thank you, I'll try to test it on Legacy BIOS!

[Octocontrabass]

I haven't testing this on real hardware yet so I don't know if it does work on BIOS.

Testing on real hardware is always a good idea, but wouldn't you be able to tell if you just run it in QEMU using QEMU's default legacy BIOS?

[lunaNoir25]

I haven't testing this on real hardware yet so I don't know if it does work on BIOS.

Testing on real hardware is always a good idea, but wouldn't you be able to tell if you just run it in QEMU using QEMU's default legacy BIOS?

I just tried running on BIOS using QEMU and I got a General Protection Fault.
Maybe I do have code that specifically uses UEFI.

I'm gonna be unable to reply to some messages for a moment, sorry if I take long.

[lunaNoir25]

I'm rewriting this from scratch to not be dependent on Limine so yay.

[Octocontrabass]

Why?

And what are you replacing Limine with?

[lunaNoir25]

Why?

And what are you replacing Limine with?

I'm placing Limine with GRUB. I am aware I'll loose the Limine protocol, but I believe the more freedom and flexibility of GRUB will help in the long wrong.

[Octocontrabass]

What "freedom and flexibility" do you need that Limine doesn't give you? I doubt GRUB will be any better. In fact, GRUB will probably be worse. The Limine protocol was designed to address limitations of Multiboot and Multiboot2.

[lunaNoir25]

Eh, I like pain.

[lunaNoir25]

Also, it's fun. :3

[Turqul]

I find it kind of funny how similar Lumie's name sounds to my operating system. I named mine LumenOS.

[nullplan]

I find it kind of funny how similar Lumie's name sounds to my operating system. I named mine LumenOS.

[lunaNoir25]

I find it kind of funny how similar Lumie's name sounds to my operating system. I named mine LumenOS.

Lol, it is!

[jrifuoue]

cool