Re:Fiwix: Unix-like kernel for the i386 architecture
by userbinator on Friday July 05, 2024 @11:13PM
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If you're going purely for availability of software, then the Win32 API would probably be a good target, but it's much bigger than POSIX (largely due to including GUI features.)
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Re:Fiwix: Unix-like kernel for the i386 architecture
by shiomiru on Saturday July 06, 2024 @06:08AM
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Wouldn't you need ABI compatibility too? POSIX stuff is normally available in a source form, but that's much more rare in Win32 stuff.
The good thing about POSIX is that you can theoretically port wine too at some point, and then you get both. (Though I am aware that this is not very easy either, would be interested in the opinion of somebody with wine porting experience.)
Re:Fiwix: Unix-like kernel for the i386 architecture
by jeroenhd on Saturday July 06, 2024 @08:07AM
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With how little even projects like Wine cover, I don't think full coverage of the Windows API is happening. You could target an older subset (3.1, 9x) but then you'd probably also need to implement fake DOS behaviour and weird hardware to get many applications to run.