From 6bd35c55f3f989ce15f79c79a959728c8f6effa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: xmm15 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:42:35 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update README --- README.md | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 05c2581e..a2e1c5de 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,24 +4,28 @@ The Zenith Operating System is a modernized, professional fork of the 64-bit Tem Features in development include: - Fully-functional AHCI support. - - Compiler optimizations for speed improvements. - ~~VBE support~~ 32-bit color VBE graphics. - - Network card drivers, network stack. + - A new GUI framework in 32-bit color. + - Compiler optimizations for speed improvements. + - SSE2+ instruction support in compiler and assembler. + - Network card drivers and a networking stack. ![](/screenshots/screenshot2.png) ## Getting started -Every commit contains a "Zenith-latest-XXXX-XX-XX-XX-XX_XX_XX.iso" in the root of master, which is a timestamped ISO build of that commit. It might not be complete, or stable. See the "Releases" Tab for the latest stable release. +Every commit contains a "Zenith-latest-XXXX-XX-XX-XX-XX_XX_XX.iso" in the root of master, which is a timestamped ISO build of that commit. It might not be stable. See the "Releases" Tab for the latest stable release. ### Contributing -This basically a read-only repository. Everything happens inside the OS, as intended by Terry. After you've installed the latest release in a VM, you can make changes to the source. Once you've made your changes, you can make copies of the relevant files and put them into a folder, along with some kind of notes as to what you've done as a DolDoc document. You can then make a RedSea ISO file out of that folder by running `RedSeaISO("MyChanges.ISO", "/Home/Folder");`. Mount the VM hard drive in whatever OS-specific way you have to and grab the ISO and send it my way; a pull request attachment would work fine. +This basically a read-only repository. Everything happens inside the OS, as intended by Terry. After you've installed the latest release in a VM, you can make changes to the source. Once you've made your changes, you can make copies of the relevant files and put them into a folder, along with some kind of notes as to what you've done as a DolDoc document. You can then make a RedSea ISO file out of that folder by running `RedSeaISO("MyChanges.ISO", "/Home/Folder");`. Mount the VM hard drive in whatever OS-specific way you have to, grab the ISO, and send it my way; a pull request attachment would work fine. ## Background +In around November of 2019, I decided I wanted to continue Terry's work in a direction that would make it a viable operating system while still keeping the innovative, and frankly, divine-intellect ideas and strategies intact. + At first, I was developing exclusively inside a VM and occasionally generating ISOs as official releases. This was not a good approach, as things broke and I had no way of telling what changes caused what. So I decided to scrap that and restart from scratch.\ -Previous releases are currently archived on the `mega.nz` website: +Releases of the "old" Zenith are currently archived on the `mega.nz` website: - [Previous Releases](https://mega.nz/#F!ZIEGmSRQ!qvL6Wk6THzE-dazkfT6N3Q) Changes include: