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rheise.os is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. Please refer to the license for more details.

Status

Currently, rheise.os must be run on top of an existing Java Virtual Machine (JDK 1.1 or higher). In the future, rheise.os will include its own JVM with special support for Java processes.

Current features: multiple processes, IPC, sysv-style init, command-line shell.

Releases

There are two types of releases:

The rheise.os distribution releases contain rheise.os plus tools needed for a working system. Distribution releases have filenames of the format: rheise.os-dist-version.ext.
The plain rheise.os releases contain only rheise.os itself. They have filenames of the format rheise.os-version.ext.

2001.8.30

rheise.os-dist-0.1.7.tar.gz
rheise.os-0.1.7.tar.gz

host AWT finally works with jdk1.2+
various simple desktop tools included with distribution
made ProcessManager.runtimeExec implementation specific
added monitor debug code

2001.8.15

rheise.os-dist-0.1.6.tar.gz
rheise.os-0.1.6.tar.gz

includes sysv-style init program
the kernel is loaded into process 0
better support for native implementations
ProcessKiller thread handles process termination requests
renamed SystemObjects to ProcessEnvironment
UserToken is now an attribute of ProcessEnvironment
native AWT works with rheise.os/host on jdk1.1 for Linux
fixed defineClass(java.lang.*) bug in host implementation
JavaProcess.waitFor() no longer provides daemon option
added source code comments
renamed rheise.os.* to os.*
renamed rheise.osp.* to os.impl.*
debug messages printed through os.debug package