Operating system development

Operating system development

Operating system development is one of the more involved and technical options for a computer hobbyist. A hobby operating system is classified as one with little or no support from other developers. [1] Development begins with an existing operating system[citation needed]. The development platform may be a bare hardware machine, which is the nature of an operating system, but it can be developed and tested on a virtual machine. Because the hobbyist must claim more ownership for adapting a complex system to the ever changing needs of the technical terrain, zeal and enthusiasm is common amongst the many different groups attracted to operating system development.

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Elements of traditional PC based operating systems include:

Traditionally, kernel developers have commonly used the C programming language and Assembly. C remains popular for OS developers, as it provides low-level pointer manipulation and requires no run-time support (as opposed to some elements of C++, such as the new and delete operators).

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