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Old Apr 28th, 2005, 3:56 PM   #20
Mjordan2nd
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Originally Posted by Infinite Recursion
MJ what would you consider to be "semi-useful" ?
An organized multitasking OS with a decent file system with enough commands to be able to browse through your file system without too much trouble. Furthermore, I'd like it to have a word processor which will allow you to do some simple text-editing, and perhaps get a C-compiler so I can build on that. I know that's a lot, but that's what I consider semi-decent, or at least, that's what I would like to be able to build as a starting point. After that, I would like to build up on it. I have no plan on distributing it, just something that I can learn with. I read about 150 pages of Tanenbaum's book (first edition), but I just couldn't keep my head to it. It got to a point where it was more of a chore than a fun task (yes, I know, reading a programming book for fun is very nerdy). I'd like to pick it back up after school's out, but I can't keep up with it during school days. I have a lot of stuff to do this summer.

Also, thanks for the links, ProjectX.
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