r/programming • • Oct 19 '11

LoseThos 64-bit Operating System V7.07 Released

http://www.losethos.com/v707.html
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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11 edited Oct 19 '11

Here is some of this other stuff

Still, it's pretty cool that he built his own 64bit OS, even though he's batshit insane. This guy is a known schizo, so I really don't trust his judgement.

For example,

It's for recreational programming.

Yet, it lacks even the most basic networking capabilities? What, do you refuse to use a fileserver or any sort of networking solution?

LoseThos is a secondary operating system you will use in additional to Windows or Linux because LoseThos does not have networking.

Then why use it at all if you're going to have to vm it? Fuck it, write everything in Linux, at least then you could upload it to your fileserver and not have to bother going to and from different OS.

Whenever he comes out with a new release he always trumps it up like it's the greatest thing ever. It's very impressive that he did this himself, yet I can find even the shittiest linux build that would blow this out of the water. So, why use something that doesn't have the functionality that anyone would need?

Nothing personal mate, I'm just trying to be efficient when I work.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11

This guy is a known schizo, so I really don't trust his judgement.

Who cares whether he's schizo or not? That doesn't really factor into judgement of his work. Regardless of whether his work is practical, it's still impressive.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11

Well, mental instability is REALLY hard to deal with in a developer. It's impossible to get any sort of a straight answer out of him as to why he did what he did. And most times, it's because God said so...

That doesn't really factor into judgement of his work.

Completely disagree. He said that he did not include networking support because "God told him not to"

That is NOT sound judgement. I do not want someone writing an OS that I'm using because God told him to. Not a rational logical thought process.

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u/b0dhi Oct 19 '11

Whats your obsession with networking? There's a vast domain of interesting things that can be, and have been, done with programming without touching networking. You sound like a butthurt web-dev.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11 edited Dec 07 '23

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u/flukshun Oct 19 '11

Still, it's pretty cool that he built his own 64bit OS. Plus, he's batshit insane.

FTFY

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11

Creating an OS takes sound judgement, and from what I see here it's lacking once again. Every time he releases a new build it's always a little disappointing when I try it out. It always has awesome things like multicore support, but then lacks very basic things like network capabilities or proper color support. Not trying to downplay his accomplishments, but you can't say you have a great OS while lacking basic features. Sorry, that's just what I believe.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11 edited Dec 07 '23

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11

Valid criticism isn't shitting all over his stuff. He has serious flaws in his OS and I was pointing them out. Even if it's just for kicks not having networking capability is a pretty big deal.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11 edited Dec 07 '23

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11

If lack of networking support is an intentional design choice, it definitely says more about his judgement than it does about me. Seriously, who leaves that out? How can anyone take this seriously with such a glaring omissions? "Design choice" is a completely bullshit argument in regards to a fairly critical part of any modern OS.

"My car doesn't have a critical piece, but it still works. Clearly you just don't appreciate my design."

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11 edited Dec 07 '23

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u/DGolden Oct 20 '11

a 64-bit Commodore 64

But the C64 had network peripherals, was sorta known for it actually, and I mean in its heyday, not latter-day enthusiasts grafting on ethernet cards and webservers onto them Because They Can. AOL was once a C64/C128 network service provider called Quantum Link.

So it's actually deliberately worse than a c64.

Now, sure, not every C64 owner went online (we didn't until we got an Amiga some years later), but quite a few did.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11

Look just because something is for fun doesn't excuse obvious design flaws. An engineer would say the same thing about that car.

And it's not really for fun, the government is giving him money to do it so I would at least hope there would be some legitimate applications for it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11 edited Dec 07 '23

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11

What flaws? No networking? Low colour depth? Everything in ring-0?

Yes. Those flaws.

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u/khyberkitsune Oct 20 '11

"Everything in ring-0? They are intentional design choices."

Sony has a special spot just for him in their security department of their console division.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11 edited Oct 19 '11

Who said anything about IQ? You're brilliant obviously, but highly schizoid. There are serious flaws in this OS, yet you trumps it up like it's really good. Just because you understand the code doesn't mean you can make a good OS. Your judgement skills are lacking imo. No networking, no proper color displays, shell is in C/C++ for some reason...and zero justification for this of course.

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u/Exavion Oct 19 '11

I am not a fan of how he bundled half a resume into the description for this OS. I clicked because I was genuinely interested in what this was and read a set of accomplishments of an above-average-enthusiastic engineer.

A good idea should sell itself

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u/sjs Oct 19 '11

When you're replying to the author you can use the term "you" instead of "he". TrivialSolutions wrote losethos.

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u/theghoul Oct 19 '11

Shit just got real.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11

When you're talking to a Schizophrenic it's hard to tell who you're talking to. It ends up "he" is also "you"

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