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19/04/26
I have finished coding the shell for the first pre-release, and now I only have to integrate the kernel with the interpreter, and run a script for running my shell code.
After the release of this version, I may take a break from the OS, for maybe 2 weeks and come back to it right after.
I need help figuring out how to integrate PyPy JIT interpreter with highest process priority on top of the linux kernel.
25/04/26
I’ve realised how process heavy, and clumsy GUIs are. Especially with the uConsole’s trackball.
So I’ve decided that Astralixi OS will have an advanced space themed TUI!
If you have any features that you love in a TUI feel free to tell me!
I feel like I’m having a déjà vu…
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01/05/26
HUGE UPDATE!
I have Astralixi OS in a binary now! All I have left to do, is put it in the kernel’s init, and package that into a .img.
Astralixi OS pre-release coming out hopefully within the next week!
It’s like inception. You even get a cliff hanger at the end where you never know if the main character was dreaming or not
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Hey guys, I finally have a .img for Astralixi OS, but I’m stuck because I can’t actually test it yet.
USB booting isn’t working at all for me. I tried to use a VM instead, but it just breaks. It either opens a window that stays black and pins my CPU at 100%, or it just does nothing while the CPU goes crazy. I tried doing a no-graphics boot too, and that sometimes works for a bit-it lists a bunch of stuff in the terminal, but then it just freezes 7 seconds in while it’s “looking for” something.
Since I can’t get it to actually boot on my setup, I was wondering if you guys could help? If anyone knows how to fix this or wants to try testing the image to see if it works for you, let me know!
Uconsoles can’t boot from usb
Issues I have been having with trying to test AstralixiOS in a VM:
edit: (it hanged at the last time-stamp)
Unfortunate test result.
I got Astralixi OS on a micro sd card, and when I tried booting, it just showed a black screen on the uConsole.
The binary of Astralixi OS works completely fine, so it’s either something to do with how I built the kernel (@rex can you help if possible) or the packaging into a .img in the end.
What are you using for your base image?
Send me a link to your compressed image file and I’ll check it out.
Will send a link once I get back on my uconsole tommorow, sorry.
This is the kernel binary:
and what steps do you take to turn it into a bootable image?
Can’t really remember unfortunately 
Just searched it up on google with like specific searching like e.g: “How to compile a custom linux kernel into a basic binary for ARM64”
I meant the whole os image you’re making.
Did you compile all the modules into the kernel? Or did you remove tons of stuff?
keep track of what you do, you’re going to have to do it regularly if you want to get this to work. And it’s a lot easier to help you when you can show what you tried
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Just compiled the whole kernel using the method from google. From what I know, I didn’t remove anything.
Once again, I will upload the full image tommorow, my old image is available as a release tagged as “Untested” on github, but that was an old version.
@trinity gave me a lot of valueable feedback from that old image. Thanks a lot once again.
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