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by yiyus 1607 days ago
This used to be the case but, nowadays, there is a second problem, which is lack of web browser. Now, in addition to deal with present and future hardware, you need to deal with present and future web technologies, or your OS will not succeed. This makes it more difficult for amateur OS designers.

All this said, it makes me very happy that some people are brave enough to keep trying.
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lambdaba 1607 days ago
Mozilla should finance something like this and make an OS. Call it Firefox OS. Oh, wait

But in all seriousness I would use a Chrome OS made by Mozilla with a daring new interface (tabs everywhere!), unixy with a brand new text shell, etc.

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Stevvo 1607 days ago
Sure, you need to keep up with it the rest of the world. You used to have to include a C compiler with your OS. When was the last time Windows came with a C compiler?
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