NwOS v1.5.9

Features

Added:

1. Sound drivers (~3+ drivers)
2. kernel panic information

Requirements

RAM: ~700 MB (700MB for boot, 300 MB for use)
CPU: any, ~1 core
GPU: any
Disk: 10 MB, not recommended to install it on real PC, use liveboot

NwOS v1.5.8

Features

Added:

1. Big update of GUI
2. screenshots
3. Updated compiler with some functions for GUI

Requirements

RAM: ~600 MB
CPU: any, ~1 core
GPU: any
Disk: 10 MB, not recommended to install it on real PC, use liveboot

NwOS v1.5.7

Features

Added:

1. Moduled kernel
2. Updated installer
3. ring 3 shell (test)
4. ~4 TB RAM is now limit (instead of 4 GB)

Requirements

RAM: ~600 MB
CPU: any, ~1 core
GPU: any
Disk: 10 MB, not recommended to install it on real PC, use liveboot

NwOS v1.5.6

Updated

1. xhci
2. random word

NwOS v1.5.5

Features

1. Nw wiki on site
2. Viewing used memory in nwfetch & mem

NwOS v1.5.4

Big update

Features

1. Support of launch on real PC
2. xhci driver for keyboard
3. touchpad (not tested)

Warning

I had some issues with my keyboard and spent 10+ hours trying to fix them
So keyboard still not working, working only on virtualbox

Requirements

130 MB RAM
1+ CPU
2+ MB of video memory
any potato GPU
UEFI/Legacy bios
PS/2 keyboard (optional)

Download and run

On real PC:

1. Download ISO
2. Put it from rufus
3. load from flash drive (disable safe boot if needed)
4. DONT format any disk, load ONLY from live boot
5. Test on QEMU/Vbox if has issues with keyboard after testing on real PC

On QEMU:

Download ISO from releases
use qemu

qemu-img create -f raw img/disk.img 25M
qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -boot d \
    -cdrom NwOS.iso\
    -m 128M \
    -nic user,model=e1000 \
    -drive file=img/disk.img,format=raw,if=ide,index=0 \
    -display sdl,grab-mod=rctrl

(dont use -display command if you if that’s inconvenient for you)

NwOS v1.5.3

Features

1. UEFI (can be launched on real PC)
2. drivers
3. Live boot

Warning

It not tested on real PC, but tested on virtual box with UEFI

Requirements

128 MB RAM
1 CPU
2+ MB of video memory
any potato GPU

Download and run

On real PC:

1. Download ISO
2. Put it from rufus
3. load from flash drive (disable safe boot if needed)
4. DONT format any disk, load ONLY from live boot

On QEMU:

Download ISO from releases
Run it in virtualbox as '128M, 1 CPU (or 2)'
Or use qemu

qemu-img create -f raw img/disk.img 25M
qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -boot d \
    -cdrom NwOS.iso\
    -m 128M \
    -nic user,model=e1000 \
    -drive file=img/disk.img,format=raw,if=ide,index=0 \
    -display sdl,grab-mod=rctrl

(dont use -display command if you if that’s inconvenient for you)

NwOS v1.5.2

Features

1. Package manager (local)
2. Live boot

Warning

It not tested on real machine, try live boot or QEMU

Download and run

Download ISO from releases
Run it in virtualbox as '128M, 1 CPU (or 2)'
Or use qemu

qemu-img create -f raw img/disk.img 25M
qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -boot d \
    -cdrom NwOS.iso\
    -m 128M \
    -nic user,model=e1000 \
    -drive file=img/disk.img,format=raw,if=ide,index=0 \
    -display sdl,grab-mod=rctrl

(dont use -display command if you if that’s inconvenient for you)

NwOS v1.5.1

Features

1. .sh and .bat support
2. compiling with 'nwc .nw -o .nwo'

Download and run

Download ISO from releases
Run it in virtualbox as '128M, 1 CPU (or 2)'
Or use qemu

qemu-img create -f raw img/disk.img 25M
qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -boot d \
    -cdrom NwOS.iso\
    -m 128M \
    -nic user,model=e1000 \
    -drive file=img/disk.img,format=raw,if=ide,index=0 \
    -display sdl,grab-mod=rctrl

(dont use -display command if you if that’s inconvenient for you)

NwOS v1.5.0

Features

1. Word generator on F7: up to ~675 words
2. GUI update

Download and run

Download ISO from releases
Run it in virtualbox as '128M, 1 CPU (or 2)'
Or use qemu

qemu-img create -f raw img/disk.img 25M
qemu-system-x86_64 \
    -boot d \
    -cdrom NwOS.iso\
    -m 128M \
    -nic user,model=e1000 \
    -drive file=img/disk.img,format=raw,if=ide,index=0 \
    -display sdl,grab-mod=rctrl

(dont use -display command if you if that’s inconvenient for you)