GentleOS: a hobby operating system for vintage PCs

GitHub highlights GentleOS, an open source hobby operating system built by Luke8086 to run on vintage PCs, including an 8086-compatible 16-bit version and a 32-bit variant for newer hardware.

Overview

GitHub’s “project of the week” feature spotlights GentleOS, a lightweight hobby operating system aimed at older computers.

• GentleOS 16
  • Targets very old hardware
  • Requires an Intel 8086 CPU
  • Requires 192 KB of RAM
• GentleOS 32
  • Targets slightly newer hardware

The video mentions the OS running on vintage machines such as the Tandy 1100FD.

Resources

• GentleOS: https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos
• GentleOS 32: https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos32