I decided to create a new operating system to learn Rust. I’d built one operating system before, if I remember correctly, it was in 2014, after reading Operating Systems: Design and Implementation Second Edition from Tanenbaum.
De facto, I’d done something similar, but I want to do with a new programming language on top of LLVM, so I chose Rust.
Repository
I started the repository at vgsantoniazzi/oxidize and I’ll keep the updates there.
The structure will follow the following pattern
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├── Cargo.lock # Cargo's locked configs
├── Cargo.toml # Cargo's package manager configs
├── LICENSE # MIT License
├── Makefile # Easy to understand and use configuration files
├── README.md # General README. With usage and how-to documentation.
├── src # Rust language files
│ └── main.rs # Main file
└── target # Compiled sources.
Naming
Alex wrote about software naming in the past. I recommend you to read it. I chose oxidize because it happens because of rust, and eventually I’ll stop maintaining, so it will oxidize.
Next steps
My idea is to finish a couple of predefined tasks, and keep the entire system modular. So I want to support a new filesystem, I just need to create — and append, a module to it. The same with high-level modules, such as commands and text editors.
What I have in mind for this repository
- Booting
- I want to be able to eventually write a flash drive and boot in a x86 machine.
- Terminal
- I want to be able to write commands and it will produce an output — similar to REPL, or open a new program, such as text editor.
- Text editor
- I want to write — or support, a small VI-like text editor.
- Filesystem
- I want to create a simple and usable filesystem, with commands such as
ls,cat, andtouch.
- I want to create a simple and usable filesystem, with commands such as
Contributing
This is an open source project, you can help me to accomplish this. I would love to receive your input!
