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added by BigMacAttack Sep 15 '13 at 22:27

good question, but you might want to define the word "start." in other words, what do you have already? do you know the hardware you'll be using? or if you know that, do you know what language you'll be using? or even more abstractly, what is your os designed to do? is it supposed to flex your coding muscle like a custom linux flavor? or does it have a specific purpose like raspberry pi's linux? knowing all three is important to know exactly where to start – dan-0 Mar 31 '14 at 19:23

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added by srka Jan 4 '14 at 17:51

Loading graphical libraries and other systems that programs will be using. As an example Linux stripped down to just s command line can start nearly instantly (after GRUB, but on the same computer it takes a lot longer to boot into the graphical login screen. Shutdown takes time to make sure that programs have finished doing work and writing to the disks. Otherwise it is fairly instantaneous as well. – john Apr 15 '14 at 6:07

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added by Tremaine Nov 5 '13 at 0:23

"best" ignites a subjective debate, try to avoid making questions opinion-based – echad Dec 17 '13 at 13:59

This is far too broad. – Gilles Jan 24 '14 at 12:47

I took your suggestions and amended the question. Hopefully it's more focused. Thanks. – Tremaine Feb 7 '14 at 1:06

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added by FolksLord May 16 '13 at 20:07

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added by Uwe Plonus Sep 11 '13 at 6:59

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added by mnstalemate Feb 2 '14 at 4:46

This might be off topic but I will answer any way. Fork duplicates the process. A fork bomb is an attack against the computer that uses fork to create two processes and then loops back and both of those processes run fork until the computer cannot run those processes eventually leading it to run out of PIDs meaning no new programs can start. – john Apr 15 '14 at 6:13

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added by FolksLord May 16 '13 at 20:06

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added by Tremaine Nov 5 '13 at 0:19

"best" ignites a subjective debate, try to avoid making questions opinion-based – echad Nov 18 '13 at 16:39

thanks I see your point. changed it. – Tremaine Nov 18 '13 at 19:45

What are the pros/cons of using [language] to develop an operating system? What are the limitations in using [language] to develop an operating system? – Mike Christiansen Mar 4 '14 at 0:03

You are probably going to have to use assembly at some point (which is different on each architecture). Using C would probably be the easiest because most examoles are in C and it gives you access to pointers (which you will need) and the ability to embed assembly into the C program. – john Apr 15 '14 at 6:11

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added by FolksLord May 16 '13 at 20:08

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added by echad Sep 11 '13 at 10:49

Would fit better on CS.SE – Thom Wiggers Dec 16 '13 at 0:31

This is one of the core fundamental principals presented in OS discilpline, I believe it's be wrong not to have it here. – echad Mar 30 '14 at 12:37

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added by Ashish Kulkarni Dec 26 '13 at 10:05

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added by echad Jun 12 '13 at 18:46

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added by talonx Jul 19 '13 at 16:57

	I think this is a Linux user/admin question and not something for OSS development and thus should not be here. – mirabilos Sep 17 '13 at 15:10
	@mirabilos, and thus it is a great example of an off-topic question. – talonx Sep 17 '13 at 15:35
	Ah so this is an intentionally asked OT question? I understand. – mirabilos Sep 17 '13 at 15:38

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added by superdesk Aug 16 '13 at 14:45

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added by superdesk Aug 17 '13 at 1:25

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added by echad Sep 6 '13 at 11:03

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added by Uwe Plonus Sep 11 '13 at 6:59

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added by echad Sep 22 '13 at 17:03

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added by scarecrow Sep 29 '13 at 16:05

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added by Adam Maras Oct 3 '13 at 21:50

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added by Ram Oct 22 '13 at 13:54

These are probably two different questions. – Tomas Jan 17 '14 at 14:11

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added by echad Oct 25 '13 at 13:19

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added by Linuxios Oct 28 '13 at 2:43

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added by mebob Nov 22 '13 at 17:50

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added by mebob Nov 22 '13 at 18:00

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added by Ashish Kulkarni Dec 26 '13 at 10:00

	No, this belongs strictly to Unix&Linux. It has nothing to do with (general) OS design, etc. – mirabilos Feb 28 '14 at 13:59
	It has a LOT to do with general OS design. We are talking about an entire infrastructure here. I was not intending to point too the unix/linux point of view here, but more towards the evolution of the entire thing from an OS perspective. – Ashish Kulkarni Feb 28 '14 at 17:17

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added by Tomas Jan 17 '14 at 14:05

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added by Tomas Jan 17 '14 at 14:07

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added by Tomas Jan 17 '14 at 14:08

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added by Neil Jan 27 '14 at 9:18

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added by Jino Jan 30 '14 at 14:43

	This would probably be better suited for the Ask Ubuntu exchange – Woody Mar 30 '14 at 15:01
	For anyone who wants to know anyway the best answer would probably be dosbox. – john Apr 15 '14 at 6:18