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04-09-2013

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Originally Posted by Corona688

You are describing BSD... License restrictions = pretty much nil. You see features and even code from BSD in many, many places.

well BSD it is then

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Originally Posted by Corona688

"TOSS" implies everything else is "(Fake)OSS". Pick another acronym that doesn't insult the world, I think..

I''ll think about that, TBH i never even considered that, I just typed it as is was in my head

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Originally Posted by Corona688

If you're not writing a new kernel from scratch, you're not making a new operating system, just a new distribution.

no, the kernel will be written too with an emphasis on hyper performance (well so i say now)

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Originally Posted by Corona688

There is some open hardware out there, but all the really complicated stuff, like video cards, blur the line between hardware and software heavily, to the point that they couldn't release source if they wanted to -- too many industry secrets. Even inside processors these days there is 'code' (microcode) that you cannot access or control.

not really interested in specialized hardware I'm wanting more of a generic system that can be ported to other arch

BTW: thankies for the quick reply Corona

Edit:

@Corona: after thinking a while FOSS could be referred to as (Fake)OSS due to my opinion on OSS

[ot]no offense & thank God for the Edit function[/ot]

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