permacomputing

commit c0e56a94c84c2d9a2d1321027a433417aa09d12f
parent fbd213f7bd54dd84fc0ee8bd235dcaee0414e379
Author: Ville-Matias Heikkila <viznut@low.fi>
Date:   Fri Aug 19 19:25:26 +0300

oh, we need some kind of a stub to link operating_system -> Operating_systems

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diff --git a/Operating_systems.mdwn b/Operating_systems.mdwn
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ When assessing operating systems, we should pay attention to:
 * [[Plan 9]]
 * [[Oberon]]
 * [[Collapse OS]]
+* [[DOS]]
diff --git a/operating_system.mdwn b/operating_system.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+An **operating system** is a piece of software that most crucially handles
+the interoperability between hardware and software as well as between
+different software programs.
+
+In general, an OS is required in order to run other programs. A program that
+is written to use the hardware directly does not require a separate OS, but
+this severely limits the possibility of using any other programs in the
+hardware. Even embedded systems that are only supposed to run a single fixed
+application often run on top of some kind of an OS.
+
+See also:
+
+  * [[Operating systems]] - list of various OSes to be assessed for permacomputing