The LoseThos Operating System 5.09

The LoseThos Operating System 5.09 is designed as a useful 64-bit MultiCore PC Operating System for running on a standard 64-bit PC, nothing exotic. It comes with a 64-bit compiler, libraries and all source code. It is not a UNIX -- it's brand new in all respects, written entirely from scratch. It's a live CD, so you can test drive or install.

Major Features:

1. 64-bit x86 Kernel with Multicore support.
2. 64-bit Compiler/Assembler, flavor of C/C++
3. Source files and the command line window can have graphics, links, icons, trees,
4. colors, margins -- everything is seamless and uncluttered.  No resource, object or
5. executable files.
6. 64-bit pointers. Physical addresses are used at all times. Single, system-wide, address
7. map.  (Virtual addresses identity mapped to physical.)  All memory, even more than 4
8. Gig, can be accessed by all tasks at all times, directly.  It's as though the CPU paging
9. feature is not used.
10. Highest CPU privileged mode at all times.  No off-limits instructions. No time lost
11. changing modes.  What?  You need a nanny?
12. Switches tasks in half a microsecond.
13. CD/DVD reading and writing, ISO9660 file system
14. 640x480 16 Color VGA Graphics
15. Boot loaders for CD-ROM or hard disk
16. Keyboards & Mice
17. Hard Drive, Support for FAT32 and LoseThos native file systems, File compression
18. Graphics Library
19. Tools/Utilities including Profiler
20. Demos and Documentation
21. Games
22. Bible and hymns
23. All source code included, including 64-bit compiler!  Only compiles natively -- you can't
24. use gcc.  Instead, boot LoseThos to compile.
25. LTZ utility for uncompressing LoseThos files from Windows or Linux.  (Not needed for
26. normal operation -- You normally boot LoseThos and it compresses or uncompresses
27. files automatically, on the fly.)
28. Dictionary

Enhancements:

• Adds 3D Mesh support to "Graphic Elements",
  
• Improves 3D API.

Requirements:

• 64-bit PC compatible computer
• Most keyboards and mice.
• Minimum 512 Meg RAM; Maximum 128 Gig RAM
• HD Audio or internal PC Speakers
• CD-ROMs except SCSI
• ATA and SATA hard drives