GentleOS: A Hobby Operating System for Vintage PCs

Modern operating systems today mostly focus on the current and latest hardware available in the market. Very few actually support and work on vintage Personal Computers (PCs) of the past. Those operating systems that do support old hardware have done so long ago. It’s rare to see a new operating system (OS), but surprisingly there is a new one in town called GentleOS by Luke S. (luke8086). In a time when there is far too much noise filling our world, GentleOS provides a sense of calm and relaxing environment that just works. It may not do a lot in today’s standards, but what it can do does it beautifully in its lovely retro styled interface. Come a long to relive or discover vintage computing for the first time as I explore this new hobby retro operating system for vintage PCs. GentleOS The entire operating system (OS) is monolithic and mostly configurable at compile time. Running the OS can be done using physical hardware or through the use of emulation and virtualization (e.g.…