A hobby operating system for vintage 32-bit PCs, built for tinkering with old hardware on the bare metal.
You can find more information on its website.
It has a spin-off called GentleOS/16, which targets even older, 16-bit PCs.
The only prerequisite is Docker & Docker Compose, supporting linux/amd64 platform.
To compile GentleOS/32, run:
docker compose run --rm dev make -j4You will find the resulting binaries in build/.
To clean up docker artifacts, run:
docker compose down --rmi allThe easiest way to test is to open gentleos32-web.html in a browser.
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Assets in vendor/icons8 have been sourced from Icons8 using the free license and modified
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Assets in vendor/mona have been extracted from the Mona Font and modified (LICENSE)
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Assets in vendor/int10h have been extracted from the The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack and modified (LICENSE)
Except where otherwise noted, GentleOS/32 is licensed under GPLv2.