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Life & fun · March 5, 2017

A new hobby OS from “scratch” in C#

A multitasking monolithic Kernel based x86 targeting Operating System written in C# from scratch aiming for high-level implementation of drivers in managed environment. - amaneureka/AtomOS

A new hobby OS from “scratch” in C# launched on March 5, 2017 with 310 votes, #58 of 3,481 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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In plain words

A hobby operating system built from scratch in C# and launched in 2017. The project is designed for developers and hobbyists interested in OS development and the C# language. The work is available on GitHub for those wanting to explore how an operating system can be constructed using C# rather than traditional low-level languages, making it accessible to programmers familiar with the .NET ecosystem.

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