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# KSOS

This repository contains the code for the operating system, **KSOS**, developed by the members of [ IIT Roorkee ACM Student Chapter](http://iitr.acm.org). To know more about the development journey from the beginning, read our [blog](https://kssuraaj28.github.io) written by Suraaj!
This repository contains the code for the operating system, **KSOS**, developed by the members of [ IIT Roorkee ACM Student Chapter](http://iitr.acm.org). Get a prebuilt version of the latest release of KSOS [here](https://github.com/acmiitr/KSOS/raw/dev/disk.img)!

In the future, we will be releasing blogs highlighting the different aspects of KSOS, so the best is yet to come. Stay tuned!

To know more about the development journey from the beginning, read our [blog](https://medium.com/@acmiitr/journey-to-the-core-of-the-computer-df40421acb1c) written by Suraaj. In the future, we will be releasing blogs highlighting the different core aspects of KSOS, so stay tuned!

![You asked for it!](https://i.imgur.com/K23dkge.gif)

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* [Running on a Real Machine](#Running-on-a-Real-Machine)
* [Changelog](#Changelog)
* [Unreleased](#Unreleased)
* [v1.0.0 - 2020-04-30](#v1.0.0---2020-04-30)
* [v1.0.0 - 2020-04-30](#v100---2020-04-30)
* [Getting Started](#Getting-Started)
* [Contribution Guidelines](#Contribution-Guidelines)
* [Potential Features](#Potential-Features)
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This section will mainly explain how to build KSOS on a Debian-based Linux.

**NOTE**: If you just want to run the latest release of KSOS, you can download a prebuilt version from [here](https://github.com/acmiitr/KSOS/raw/dev/disk.img). Simply run it using `qemu-system-i386 disk.img`.

### Dependencies

Make sure the following are installed before proceeding further:
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1. Clone this repository:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/kssuraaj28/OS.git
git clone https://github.com/acmiitr/KSOS.git
```

2. Switch to the main directory of the repository:
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[BrokenThorn's OS Development series](http://www.brokenthorn.com/Resources/OSDevIndex.html), although old, is really helpful. Most of the overall structure of the project was built from this resource.

Feel free to have discussions with the people at #osdev on [freenode IRC](https://webchat.freenode.net/), as well as the [OsDev forums](https://forum.osdev.org/), if you have any issue.
If you have any issues, feel free to have discussions with the people at #osdev on [freenode IRC](https://webchat.freenode.net/), as well as the [OSDev forums](https://forum.osdev.org/).

To get started with simple bare-metal programming, you can read [Suraaj's blog](https://kssuraaj28.github.io/2020-01-09-Introduction/).

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* #osdev on [freenode IRC](https://webchat.freenode.net/) (try it, they're the best!)

## Licence
This repository is licenced under `MIT Licence`, see [LICENCE.md](https://github.com/kssuraaj28/OS/blob/master/LICENSE.md).
This repository is licenced under `MIT Licence`, see [LICENCE.md](https://github.com/acmiitr/KSOS/blob/master/LICENSE.md).

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