Zeal OS is a modernized fork of the Temple Operating System(github.com)
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Zeal OS is a modernized fork of the Temple Operating System
https://github.com/Zeal-Operating-System/ZealOS
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I guess we are talking about Terry again.
Terry was my first look into how mean the internet is. Here was a man, wicked smart, but with some very clear issues. He was kind enough to share himself with all of us, producing videos and putting his work out there but Instead of engaging with him while recognizing his limitations, we mocked him. People turned up to prod him to say "CIA N...". They asked him the same 5 questions to bait him into saying something stupid. It was honestly horrible.
Learning of Terry marked the end of my internet innocence. Suddenly it wasn't just fun and games, but real people with real lives.
Terry was my first look into how mean the internet is. Here was a man, wicked smart, but with some very clear issues. He was kind enough to share himself with all of us, producing videos and putting his work out there but Instead of engaging with him while recognizing his limitations, we mocked him. People turned up to prod him to say "CIA N...". They asked him the same 5 questions to bait him into saying something stupid. It was honestly horrible.
Learning of Terry marked the end of my internet innocence. Suddenly it wasn't just fun and games, but real people with real lives.
Expose someone to a community of billions of anonymous users and you pretty much have to expect this type of behavior, regardless of how inexcusable it is. The best thing you can do is not feed the trolls, just ignore them. They're never going away, but at least you can avoid giving them satisfaction.
If you think that watch was tough, go watch the documentary Stevie for even further exploration of the sheer out of sight out of mind realities that are too difficult as problems to bring up usually.
Terry had schizophrenia and lived with his elderly parents while developing his OS.
Then, Internet trolls targeted Terry because of his controversial remarks.
The trolls celebrated all of his questionable actions, ruining his relationship with his parents who eventually kicked him out of the house. At that point he became homeless, living in a car.
Because of his mental condition, he broke the law in several occasions. In his late videos he can be seen unshaved and having difficulties to keep personal hygiene, unlike before he became homeless, where he was always shaved and clean.
Not so long after becoming homeless he died killed by a train and some believe it was suicide.
Then, Internet trolls targeted Terry because of his controversial remarks.
The trolls celebrated all of his questionable actions, ruining his relationship with his parents who eventually kicked him out of the house. At that point he became homeless, living in a car.
Because of his mental condition, he broke the law in several occasions. In his late videos he can be seen unshaved and having difficulties to keep personal hygiene, unlike before he became homeless, where he was always shaved and clean.
Not so long after becoming homeless he died killed by a train and some believe it was suicide.
>The trolls celebrated all of his questionable actions, ruining his relationship with his parents who eventually kicked him out of the house.
Did we ever found out who the trolls were?
Did we ever found out who the trolls were?
I have heard that some troll gifted him a drum set, and his elderly parents were very aggravated from the noise and that was one of the tipping points.
The fact that GitHub identifies HolyC as a proglang is magnificent.
Another, similar project: https://github.com/minexew/Shrine
I worked on the history system to Shrine's shell (Lsh) in 2020. Development of Shrine is stalled currently so the changes never propagated to Shrine proper.
I would call Shrine a fairly minimalist fork, in that there's a lot built on top of TempleOS, but the core is mostly the same. A more minimalist fork is TinkerOS, which is a lot closer to stock TempleOS but with bugfixes, modern hardware support, and some software packages added.
ZealOS is a maximalist fork, changing the core of TempleOS everywhere the authors see fit. Nothing wrong with that either.
The fork authors are in contact with each other and discuss ideas / share code occasionally.
Lsh's repo: https://github.com/minexew/Lsh
TinkerOS: https://github.com/tinkeros/TinkerOS
I would call Shrine a fairly minimalist fork, in that there's a lot built on top of TempleOS, but the core is mostly the same. A more minimalist fork is TinkerOS, which is a lot closer to stock TempleOS but with bugfixes, modern hardware support, and some software packages added.
ZealOS is a maximalist fork, changing the core of TempleOS everywhere the authors see fit. Nothing wrong with that either.
The fork authors are in contact with each other and discuss ideas / share code occasionally.
Lsh's repo: https://github.com/minexew/Lsh
TinkerOS: https://github.com/tinkeros/TinkerOS
I wonder how much is compatible between these projects. I think the binaries from each should run on the other. Though some features probably required changes to the kernel.
Terry Davis was clearly the mad scientist we didn't know we needed. He brought many useful insights to OS development. Maybe one day the seeds he planted will grow out to become a wonderful tree. On days when he wasn't hampered by his medical issues some people remember him to be an extremely skilled teacher, patient with people who asked genuine questions. There was that side to him too.
It's great to see that Terry's legacy lives on.
He was an incredibly gifted, yet equally troubled, individual, with some noble goals for what computing should look like. There are many good ideas in TempleOS we can all be inspired from, and I'm glad there are people working on expanding and making them more accessible.
He was an incredibly gifted, yet equally troubled, individual, with some noble goals for what computing should look like. There are many good ideas in TempleOS we can all be inspired from, and I'm glad there are people working on expanding and making them more accessible.
Is it glowing too?
Terry Davis was the main reason I chose to permanently have showdead: [yes]
It has networking.
Sacrilege
RIP Terry, beautiful but troubled genius.
Also posted yesterday: “A constructive look at TempleOS (2015)” (3 comments), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33576385.
Linus Tech Tips did a video back in 2020,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtlyeDAJR7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtlyeDAJR7A
Remembering Terry Davis, 1969-2018.
> "It's good to be King. Wait. Maybe. I think maybe I'm just a bizarre little person who walks back and forth."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH41gGBVpkE
His last Video. Aug. 11, 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH41gGBVpkE
His last Video. Aug. 11, 2018.
I'm amazed there are Terry Davis quotes that are SFW.
I know what you mean, but it was mostly because of his illness that he had phases where he talked only conspiracy theories ("The CIA ni*as glow in the dark"). He had phases where he talked many subject with full awareness of his own illness and without cursing.
Here some philosophical stuff: Bird Analogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmltIMPMeP0 On Reality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-SJKJnZ9cg
Here is a two part interview where he talks computer science stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXwNTw4I6Ok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTiRWN5T0Gw
Here some philosophical stuff: Bird Analogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmltIMPMeP0 On Reality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-SJKJnZ9cg
Here is a two part interview where he talks computer science stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXwNTw4I6Ok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTiRWN5T0Gw
The glowies I get being a symptom. I'm not sure I buy the idea that someone is only super racist when they're having an episode, though. Plenty of his rants about black people had nothing to do with conspiracy theories. I'm not denying he was brilliant.
Schizophrenic people mimic their media environment. Schizophrenic people not surrounded by racism don't invent racist theories.
> I'm not sure I buy the idea that someone is only super racist when they're having an episode, though.
It's a fairly well-documented phenomenon that people suffering from things like dimensia or alzheimers will behave inappropriately, in ways they wouldn't have earlier in life.
Whether they're expressing deep-seated beliefs or simply no longer able to filter invasive thoughts is hard to say. The brain is a complex system and damage caused by trauma or exposure to lead, for example, can also cause increased impulsiveness and social aggression.
I can't imagine how terrifying it must be to slowly lose control of your mind and 'self'.
It's a fairly well-documented phenomenon that people suffering from things like dimensia or alzheimers will behave inappropriately, in ways they wouldn't have earlier in life.
Whether they're expressing deep-seated beliefs or simply no longer able to filter invasive thoughts is hard to say. The brain is a complex system and damage caused by trauma or exposure to lead, for example, can also cause increased impulsiveness and social aggression.
I can't imagine how terrifying it must be to slowly lose control of your mind and 'self'.
There are actually quite a lot. Some with real wisdom in them.
Take a look at his original account on here and you will find some - but also, there are many videos in which he has lasting moments of lucidity. Typically when talking about his old hobbies and passions.
Completely normal and not even slightly unhinged conversation - one would never know he was otherwise the ways he were.
Take a look at his original account on here and you will find some - but also, there are many videos in which he has lasting moments of lucidity. Typically when talking about his old hobbies and passions.
Completely normal and not even slightly unhinged conversation - one would never know he was otherwise the ways he were.
This project made me so happy. Requiescat in pace, Terry Davis.
So Protestantism has finally hit TempleOS?
Blasphemy
Ye I don't think network capability fits the design philosophy really.
The "design philosophy" behind TempleOS was schizophrenic delusion, there's no reason anyone else concerned about the value of the code, rather than "creating God's temple on Earth" or whatever, needs to concern themselves with those aspects of it.
> The "design philosophy" behind TempleOS was schizophrenic delusion
Forking TempleOS and working on it is the fetishization of schizophrenic delusion, so at the least it should stay consistent with the schizophrenic's clearly expressed ends. If people want to do their own thing, they should come up with their own thing.
Forking TempleOS and working on it is the fetishization of schizophrenic delusion, so at the least it should stay consistent with the schizophrenic's clearly expressed ends. If people want to do their own thing, they should come up with their own thing.
Perhaps Temple OS shouldn't be evaluated by ordinary software standards. It is more or less useless as a general purpose operating system. It may have value in education, but in my opinion, it should be treated as an artwork when assessing its merit
From what I understand, Terry was trying to capture the magic of early personal computers, hence no virtual memory or process isolation. A low-stakes environment for hobbyists and tinkerers to play around in. Adding network support raises the stakes a bit.
I do not think the post you replied to, had this as the intention. It was a response to the clearly ironic (and funny) "blasphemous" comment..
Why, thank you
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this potentially qualifies as blasphemy so i should probably steer clear
Nifty, but that font rendering burns my eyes. Might it workout both technically and philosophically to pipe all the text output through LaTeX or some similar thing?
I was asking myself: Why? Isn't this in bad taste? Isn't this continuing a meme long after it has turned from funny to sad?
I am sure the answer is just because we can, just for fun, to make it more accessible. But I kind of wish there was an answer to that question in the README or on the site.
I am sure the answer is just because we can, just for fun, to make it more accessible. But I kind of wish there was an answer to that question in the README or on the site.
Its a fascinating bare metal OS written by one man complete with development tools. If anything its a testament to his brilliance.
Hey look, another asshole (on HN) who thinks Terry & his both unfortunate & unavoidable life circumstances were just a sad, funny, meme.
Here’s an old comment from Terry I wish he could say to you for your tone & feelings towards him.
>>”STFU. When you can work bigger miracles than I, you can open your mouth.”
Here’s an old comment from Terry I wish he could say to you for your tone & feelings towards him.
>>”STFU. When you can work bigger miracles than I, you can open your mouth.”
I think Terry would be happy that people want to tinker with what he built even after his death. I mean, he explicitly built it as a sort of throw-back to the early home computer days.
>Isn't this in bad taste? Isn't this continuing a meme long after it has turned from funny to sad?
The OS contains genius ideas, it's not called "TempleOS" it is public domain, the devel workflow is the same..i think it keeps one of Terry's good sides alive...i would be honored.
The OS contains genius ideas, it's not called "TempleOS" it is public domain, the devel workflow is the same..i think it keeps one of Terry's good sides alive...i would be honored.
My favorite quote from a Terry not Pratchett.