FogOS

An Operating System Built on Top of Xv6
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📖 About the Project

This project builds on top of the foundational xv6 operating system, a teaching OS developed by MIT based on Unix Version 6, serving as a hands-on tool for understanding OS internals, experimenting with kernel-level programming, and exploring Unix-like system development in a manageable and accessible codebase.

✨ Features

• test: check file types and compare values
• tosh: command line shell

🛠️ Tech Stack

📦 Getting Started

💾 Installation

1. Install QEMU
   QEMU is required to emulate and test FogOS on your local machine. https://www.qemu.org/download/
2. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/nestrada2/FogOS.git

▶️ Running the Program

1. Build FogOS

   make

2. Run FogOS with QEMU

   make qemu

📜 License

Distributed under the xv6 License. See xv6-LICENSE for more information.

📚 Resources

Man, QEMU, Stack Overflow, W3 School, Geeks for Geeks