Visopsys

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
The development of Visopsys began in 1997, being written by Andy McLaughlin.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a> The first public release of the Operating System was on 2 March 2001, with version 0.1.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a> In this release, Visopsys was a 32 bit operating system, supporting <a href="/facts/Preemptive_multitasking/wjgIbWel">preemptive multitasking</a> and <a href="/facts/Virtual_memory/Lw2GemF5">virtual memory</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a>

<h2 id="system-overview">System overview</h2>
Visopsys uses a <a href="/facts/Monolithic_kernel/33kvBcT9">monolithic kernel</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a> written in the <a href="/facts/C_programming_language/Ky2No763">C programming language</a>, with elements of <a href="/facts/Assembly_language/7XuV0cla">assembly language</a> for certain interactions with the hardware.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a> The operating system supports a <a href="/facts/Graphical_user_interface/wBlQFWDP">graphical user interface</a>, with a small <a href="/facts/C_library/qdG1nW2c">C library</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Visopsys.

<ul><li><a href="https://visopsys.org">Homepage</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T-vEZeY2v0">Mum Tries Out Visopsys 0.7.3 (2014)</a>, OSFirstTimer, 23 March 2014</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">McLaughlin, Andy (2 June 2003). Loli, Eugenia (ed.). "Introducing the Visopsys OS". OSNews. Retrieved 17 April 2018. <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/3697/Introducing_the_Visopsys_OS" target="_blank">http://www.osnews.com/story/3697/Introducing_the_Visopsys_OS</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Johnston, Darrel (January 2012). "Alternate OS: Visopsys". PCLinuxOS Magazine. Vol. 60. p. 15. Retrieved 17 April 2018. <a href="https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/201201/page15.html" target="_blank">https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/201201/page15.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"About Visopsys". visopsys.org. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2025. <a href="https://visopsys.org/about/" target="_blank">https://visopsys.org/about/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">"Uma junção dos SOs do mercado sem os problemas conhecidos" [A combination of the OSs on the market without the known problems]. TechTudo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 17 April 2018. <a href="http://www.techtudo.com.br/tudo-sobre/visopsys.html" target="_blank">http://www.techtudo.com.br/tudo-sobre/visopsys.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">Lindner, Mirko (22 September 2016). "Visopsys 0.8: Das Beste aus allen Betriebssystemen" [Visopsys 0.8: The best of all operating systems]. Pro-Linux.de (in German). Retrieved 17 April 2018./ <a href="http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/23994/visopsys-08-das-beste-aus-allen-betriebssystemen.html" target="_blank">http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/23994/visopsys-08-das-beste-aus-allen-betriebssystemen.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Bigo, Łukasz (1 February 2007). "Dziwne, ciekawe, nieznane: Visopsys 0.66" [Strange, Interesting, Unknown: Visopsys 0.66]. PC World (in Polish). Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2018. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221127030412/https://www.pcworld.pl/news/Dziwne-ciekawe-nieznane-Visopsys-0-66,106006.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20221127030412/https://www.pcworld.pl/news/Dziwne-ciekawe-nieznane-Visopsys-0-66,106006.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">McLaughlin, Andy (2 June 2003). Loli, Eugenia (ed.). "Introducing the Visopsys OS". OSNews. Retrieved 17 April 2018. <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/3697/Introducing_the_Visopsys_OS" target="_blank">http://www.osnews.com/story/3697/Introducing_the_Visopsys_OS</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">"About Visopsys". visopsys.org. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2025. <a href="https://visopsys.org/about/" target="_blank">https://visopsys.org/about/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">"Visopsys News". visopsys.org. Retrieved 17 April 2018. <a href="https://visopsys.org/news/" target="_blank">https://visopsys.org/news/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">McLaughlin, Andy (2 June 2003). Loli, Eugenia (ed.). "Introducing the Visopsys OS". OSNews. Retrieved 17 April 2018. <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/3697/Introducing_the_Visopsys_OS" target="_blank">http://www.osnews.com/story/3697/Introducing_the_Visopsys_OS</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">McLaughlin, Andy (19 August 2004). "Visopsys 0.41 Released; An Introduction OS". OSNews. Retrieved 17 April 2018. <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/8083" target="_blank">http://www.osnews.com/story/8083</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">"About Visopsys". visopsys.org. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2025. <a href="https://visopsys.org/about/" target="_blank">https://visopsys.org/about/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">Lindner, Mirko (22 September 2016). "Visopsys 0.8: Das Beste aus allen Betriebssystemen" [Visopsys 0.8: The best of all operating systems]. Pro-Linux.de (in German). Retrieved 17 April 2018./ <a href="http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/23994/visopsys-08-das-beste-aus-allen-betriebssystemen.html" target="_blank">http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/23994/visopsys-08-das-beste-aus-allen-betriebssystemen.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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