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== Description ==
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Many people are interested in the process of creating a new {{tag|operating system}}.
|pages = 461
Many people have interesting ideas for improving operating systems.
|statistics URL = http://wiki.osdev.org/Special:Statistics
Quite a few people have a brand new embedded system dropped in their lap which, due to "improvements", won't boot an off-the-shelf operating system, and they need help getting {{tag|software}} running on it.
|wikiFactor = 51 <!-- optional. plain wikiFactor value -->
|wikiFactor URL = http://wiki.osdev.org/index.php?title=Special:PopularPages&limit=60
}}(As of: 11 November 2012)
 
 
Many people are interested in the process of creating a new {{tag|operating system}}. Many people have interesting ideas for improving operating systems. Quite a few people have a brand new embedded system dropped in their lap which, due to "improvements", won't boot an off-the-shelf operating system, and they need help getting {{tag|software}} running on it.


The OSDev.org wiki gives these people a place to collaborate on building new operating systems,
The '''OSDev.org wiki''' gives these people a place to collaborate on building new operating systems, to document technical details and useful tips and ideas for operating system {{tag|development}}.
to document technical details and useful tips and ideas for operating system {{tag|development}}.


''The registering process is a bit unusual &mdash; when you click the standard "log in / create account" in the upper-right corner, it takes you to a page that says "Click here to create an account." which takes to you a phpBB forum (!). You need to register at the phpBB forum, join its "wiki" group, then come back to the wiki, which will let you log in with the same password.''
''The registering process is a bit unusual &mdash; when you click the standard "log in / create account" in the upper-right corner, it takes you to a page that says "Click here to create an account." which takes to you a phpBB forum (!). You need to register at the phpBB forum, join its "wiki" group, then come back to the wiki, which will let you log in with the same password.''


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The wiki is {{tag|Wiki Backups|backed up}} every week to a downloadable archive zip file.  Any content published on the wiki since 2011 must comply with {{tag|Wiki Public Domain (generic)|Public Domain}} licensing. [http://wiki.osdev.org/OSDev_Wiki:License]  Prior to this, a somewhat haphazard licensing existed; and included Public Domain, {{tag|Wiki BSD|BSD}} , {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0)|Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0)}} and {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike}} licenses, and these still seem to stand (on an ad-hoc basis) for content before 2011. [http://forum.osdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=13810]
| pages = 461
| statistics URL = http://wiki.osdev.org/Special:Statistics
| wikiFactor = <!-- optional. plain wiki factor value -->
| wikiFactor URL = <!-- optional. external link to data base for wiki factor calc. -->
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== Related wiki ==
;Related wiki
*[[FreeOsZoo]]
*[[FreeOsZoo]]
*[[:Category:Operating system]]
*[[:Category:Operating system]]
*[[:Category:Robot]] -- a typical robot often runs a specialized real-time operating system
*[[:Category:Robot]] -- a typical robot often runs a specialized real-time operating system
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