MenuetOS

version 0.82/0.48b

An open source operating system programmed entirely in Assembler(basically machine code). This astonishing project had already created a usable OS with a GUI and networking stack, with a small but devoted team of part-time assembler hackers getting unbeleivable functionality out of a single floppy image.

MenuetOS's focus now is on the 64-bit version, althugh work continues on the original 32-bit incarnation, which is upto a release of a 0.82 release. From the original relaese of MenuetOS 64-bit ,the project has raced along, porting code from the original release and adding TCP/IP support, audioa drivers, a simple email client and multithreading.


Some work has taken place to enable compatibility  with 32-bit MenuetOS applicatoins - a great move, as it preserves much of the hard work put in by the developers of the original version. MenuetOS wont be challenging Vista.

Linux or OS X any time soon - it'll probably remain more of  a curiosity than anything else - but even if you're not interested in programming, you will be amazed at what its coders have acheived. It really makes you wonder why the apps we use from day-to-day have to be so bloated and slow(*cough* OpenOffice.org*ahem*) .