WacOS 2021 August pre-release

[seanpm2001]

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WacOS 2021 August pre-release

V2021.08.31

Changes:

This is the first time I am publishing a release to WacOS in over a year. A lot has changed, and the project has come a long ways, but still is not production ready yet.

I was going to make this the 2021 Summer pre-release, but I noted that not all countries are experiencing the Summer season right now, so I didn't go with that name.

New features

• Added support for an alternative Kernel (XNU/Darwin) as an alternative to (GNU/Linux) when needed

• Added an Apple documentation directory

• Began adding support for AppleScript and added an AppleScript support directory

• Began adding support for Assembly and added an Assembly support directory

• Began adding support for C and added a C support directory

• Began adding support for C++ and added a C++ support directory

• Began adding support for VHDL and added a VHDL support directory

• Began adding support for Objective-C and added an Objective-C support directory

• Began adding support for Objective-C++ and added an Objective-C++ support directory

• Began adding support for Python 3 and added a Python 3 support directory

• Began adding support for Swift and added a Swift support directory

• Began adding support for Motorola Assembly and added an Motorola Assembly support directory

• Started work on BaSYS, a replacement and open source alternative for Apple System software 1 to 6

• Added the browser directory, adding support for Firefox, and 2 Apple browser recreations: OpenCyberdog (to replace CyberDog) and Savannah (to replace Safari)

• Added online file storage support, with no iCloud support (but iCloud criticism is included) instead, pCloud, Degoo, and ProtonDrive are supported

• Added the desktop environment support directory, confirming that Skeuowie will be one of the desktop environments for this project

• Added the drivers support directory, with AMD64 drivers. More device drivers coming soon

• Added the file systems support directory, announcing the support for 5 file systems (APFS, HFS, HFS+, EXT4, and OpenZFS) with discussion on adding BTRFS as a 6th default file system, and adding info on choosing the right file system for your needs. APFS, HFS, and HFS+ will be reverse engineered and open-sourced to work with this project. Also added old file system research data

• Added the WacOS installer support directory, which is far from complete

• Added the Kernel support directory, with planned support for Linux 5.7

• Added the Old Versions archive directory, to archive old versions of root/trunk documentation for this project

• Began adding support for the new Sir Isaac NewtonScript programming language, which is a reverse-engineered, open source alternative to NewtonScript

• Began adding support for the new Sir Isaac NewtonScript subsystem, which is a reverse-engineered, open source alternative to NewtonOS

• Added info on Unicode support

• Added a virtual machine support directory, with planned support to ease the use of WacOS in a virtual machine

• Added the Wac OS X subsystem, an open source recreation of the Mac OS X series of operating systems in the WacOS style.

• Added the Wac TV OS subsystem, an open source recreation of the TvOS series of operating systems in the WacOS style.

• Added info on WAMMY, the expansion pack for the Macintosh TAM (Twentieth Century Macintosh)

• Added the WhyPadOS subsystem, an open source recreation of the iPadOS series of of operating systems in the WacOS style.

• Added the WhyPhoneOS subsystem, an open source recreation of the iPhoneOS series of operating systems in the WacOS style.

• Added the WhyWatchOS subsystem, an open source recreation of the WatchOS series of operating systems in the WacOS style.

• Added the WOAHS-X subsystem, an open source recreation of the OS X sub-series of the Mac OS X Series of operating systems in the WacOS style.

• Added the wOS subsystem, an open source recreation of the iOS series of operating systems in the WacOS style.

• Added the .github support directory (you will need to have hidden files enabled to see it)

• Added the first 8 project language files for this project

• Added 3 Git files (.editorconfig .gitattributes gitignore) to the root of this project (you will need to have hidden files enabled to see it)

• Performed massive updates to the project README.md file

• Added a placeholder logo (literally the MacOS logo) until I can get a custom logo for this project

• Added the project makefile

• Added the INSTALL instructions file, telling you how to install this project

• Added the CREDITS instructions file, telling you who helped make this project

• Added the AUTHORS instructions file, telling you who authored this project

• Added the COPYING license file, telling you about usage of this project alongside the GNU GPL3 license

• Added a list of codenames for various parts of this project

• Added support for sponsors

Other changes

• This project received its own website located at https://WacOS-Dev.github.io/

• The project became very popular, going from 1 star and 1 watcher (only by me) to 11 stars and 4 watchers

Release info

Commit count: 426

Commits in last release: 95

Commit change: 331

Status: NOT Production ready, rolling updates

Release date: 2021 Tuesday, August 31st at 6:28 pm)

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The project is far from complete, but the foundation is being laid day by day.

PRE-RELEASE

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