i remember doing the whole thing where i used to speak like a corporation and release software under a made up label like it was a big important thing that everybody needed. then i stopped being 15
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When I was a teenager I was reading the book Hackers, which I still absolutely love, and seeing the free software programmers of today as the heirs of the traditions set by their predecessors back when.
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If you like read, this is the best: The Soul of a New Machine.
Is a non-fiction book by Tracy Kidder about a team of engineers at Data General building a new computer, the Eclipse MV/8000, under immense pressure.
Published in 1981, the book chronicles the intense and fast-paced development process and won a Pulitzer Prize for its insightful look into the emerging computer industry and the human stories behind technological innovation.
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Yes, Iâve already read that book a few times, and it is another book that anyone interested in computing ought to read.
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I first read Hackers in 1989, its probably still up in attic at my parents house, and listen to the audiobook about once a year. Great book on the origins, and true ethos, of what being a âhackerâ really means⌠pre it being coopted by pop media/culture.
Thanks, will fix it.
So we donât keep âhijackingâ this thread, would it make sense to start a new one called something like âRecommended Reading for Computer Enthusiastsâ or similar?
Whoâs up for creating it?
Go , go , go : )
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I have created the thread here:
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I suppose, but this thread jumped the rails something around July, and this has been the most positive, productive, direction itâs gone in ages.
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If you want to talk about Astralixi OS, please talk in the discussions section on the Astralixi OS github page
So, now that we can see the code, please correct me, but from the definitions of âoperating systemâ Iâm familiar with itâs really a command line shell⌠itâs not managing things like memory, CPU, storage, or devices. itâs not handling the file system, process scheduling, or is it providing services for applications.
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Well kinda⌠because there is nothing to really manage in memory, but currently, I am trying to make a thing which lets me easily, and efficiently access PSRAM.
Also, HELP IS NEEDED ON PORTING pshellâs C INTERPRETER TO ASTRALIXI
Discussion thread: Help Needed On porting pshell's c interpreter to Astralixi OS ¡ Astroxia/AstralixiOS ¡ Discussion #3 ¡ GitHub
Iâve been working on lots of gui elements, they can be found here
I am still looking for anyone willing to help me port pshellâs C interpreter to Astralixi OS, so please help if you have the time.
Also, I am sorry to say, but the first actual version of Astralixi OS and onwards, will only be available to the luckfox lyra.
Just so you know, targeting the Luckfox Lyra will be significantly harder than targeting an RP2350 board, because the Luckfox Lyra uses a Rockchip SoC meant for running Linux, and such SoCâs tend to be far less open and easy to work with than ARM Cortex-M or RISC-V microcontrollers like the RP2350.
With this latest twist, I think this project is going to get more and more interesting every day â in every sense. 
good luck! itâll be a good challenge to compete on features with Linux 
canât wait to see the results!
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Can some one help me real quick?
Iâm not looking for you to be a contributor, but I just need really quick help. I want some help with porting pshellâs c interpreter to Astralixi OS, and the first thing I need help with, is extracting the useful files from pshellâs github page. (click on inline link)
I just want to know which files should I focus on, as I know that some of the files, are just for the shell, not the interpreter, and some have nothing to do with it.