Jnode/jpc X86 Emulator

JNode (Java New Operating System Design Effort) is an open-source project to create a Java platform operating system. The project has taken the unique direction of creating all the software in Java itself, with the exception of some assembly language to boot and load the system. The JVM compiler (which normally uses just-in-time compilation) is used to build native binaries out of the core Java code. In this way, nearly the entire system is capable of being written in the Java programming language.
Ewout Prangsma started the first attempt in 1995 with the Java Bootable System (JBS). The author was unhappy with the amount of C and assembly language required and moved on to a new attempt called JBS2. JNode is the third attempt, first introduced in 2003. JNode uses only two languages, Java and assembly. This system currently understands the ext2, FAT, NTFS and ISO 9660 filesystems and the TCP/IP network protocol, and has a working graphic user interface, including USB peripherials. JNode can be booted from a CD or run in any popular emulator. JNode uses the GNU Classpath Java library and (when completed) should run any Java programs.
The work is free software, licensed under GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

http://www.jnode.org/

JPC is a pure Java emulation of an x86 PC with fully virtual peripherals. It runs anywhere you have a JVM, whether x86, RISC, mobile phone, set-top box, possibly even your refrigerator! All this, with the bulletproof security and stability of Java technology.

http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/jpc/

 

 

 

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I tried it and all i get is a command prompt, im not an expert but not a novice either, in my opinion when they have a fourth attempt im sure it will be worth looking into, but the third is not there yet

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a quick look in the documentation revealed the magic code to start the gui


http://www.jnode.org/node/798

//edit: djees, this OS is slow

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It looks like JNode is completely stuck on my virtual machine >.>"



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