Is they a prebuilt OS with C standard library

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I am look for an OS with no GUI and No CLI. (I think that what is called)

All I am after is a bear bone OS that I can write C programs to run on it. I wanted to know if it could be done and if so where should I look. I just wanted to make an OS but didn’t want to go through the pain of building it from scratch.

All I wanted is to run a program on boot and have the C standard library to help make it easier. Because then I can make my own menu and graphics from they. I wanted to do this because I want to learn more about the ins and outs of an OS and hopefully it will be a fun project. Plus is a cool thing to talk to your mates about lol.

What I have tried:

I have tried googling. So am asking the question because I don’t want to have to build it from scratch

Posted 11-Apr-19 15:13pm

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Updated 11-Apr-19 20:03pm

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k5054 11-Apr-19 23:34pm

You need to have either a GUI or a CLI (Command Line Interface), otherwise, how will you interact with your OS?

There's various distributions that can be installed without a GUI, to which you can then add a C compiler. You'll also want to add a text editor to write your programs with.

If linux isn't to your liking, then maybe something like FreeDOS would work. You'll still need a C compiler and a text editor.

Mohibur Rashid 12-Apr-19 2:03am

Code project has an article on writing OS.
Just take a look

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2019-04-11T20:03:00

It's going to depend largely on exactly what hardware you are using: "basic OSes" exist, but they are understandably targeted at a specific hardware setup, and will not work for different hardware.

OSes have to interact directly with the hardware, so they need to know all about it. And the C compiler needs to be specifically for that OS, or it can't run on it!

What I'd suggest is that you get yourself a Raspberry Pi and have a look at FreeDOS: Running DOS on the Raspberry Pi | Opensource.com[^] - it runs in an emulator which "Pretends" to be a basic PC, but that gives you pretty much the bottom end of OSes together with the support you might need.