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The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:21 pm
by 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).
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https://github.com/lunaNoir25/Lumie]
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:35 pm
by Octocontrabass
lunaNoir25 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:21 pmIt 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?
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:40 pm
by lunaNoir25
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!
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:45 pm
by Octocontrabass
lunaNoir25 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:40 pmI 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?
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:47 pm
by lunaNoir25
Octocontrabass wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:45 pm
lunaNoir25 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:40 pmI 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.
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2026 7:56 pm
by lunaNoir25
I'm rewriting this from scratch to not be dependent on Limine so yay.
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2026 12:03 am
by Octocontrabass
Why?
And what are you replacing Limine with?
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2026 8:29 am
by lunaNoir25
Octocontrabass wrote: ↑Fri Feb 13, 2026 12:03 am
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.
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2026 11:04 am
by 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.
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2026 11:05 am
by lunaNoir25
Eh, I like pain.
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2026 11:07 am
by lunaNoir25
Also, it's fun. :3
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:51 am
by Turqul
I find it kind of funny how similar Lumie's name sounds to my operating system. I named mine LumenOS.
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 1:40 pm
by nullplan
Turqul wrote: ↑Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:51 am
I find it kind of funny how similar Lumie's name sounds to my operating system. I named mine LumenOS.
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 2:15 pm
by lunaNoir25
nullplan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 19, 2026 1:40 pm
Turqul wrote: ↑Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:51 am
I find it kind of funny how similar Lumie's name sounds to my operating system. I named mine LumenOS.
Lol, it is!
Re: The Luminous Operating System
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2026 3:06 am
by jrifuoue
cool