Tetris-OS: An operating system that only plays Tetris

Re:Tetris-OS: An operating system that only plays Tetris by jfrunyon on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @12:57AM (#26885580)

IDK. Plenty of "operating systems" are linked as a single binary with the application, in the embedded world and historically. This takes it a bit further but I doubt you think the dividing line is "OS and application are maintained as a separate project" which is about the only distinction.

I do see where you're coming from, though. Personally I would've described it as "bootable Tetris".

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Re:Tetris-OS: An operating system that only plays Tetris by grishka on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @01:11AM (#26885651)

Even in embedded systems, there's still usually a distinct boundary between the OS kernel and the "application", and a well-defined API between the two.

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Re:Tetris-OS: An operating system that only plays Tetris by eru on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @02:05AM (#26885927)

Compare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unikernel

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Re:Tetris-OS: An operating system that only plays Tetris by lloeki on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @02:05AM (#26885926)

There's an OS alright, it's just not a -general purpose- OS but a very small, statically embedded, specialised one.

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