- VSTa
Infobox_OS
name = VSTa
caption =
developer =
family =Unix-like
source_model =
working_state = Historic
latest_release_version = 1.6.8
latest_release_date = 2004-10-05
kernel_type =Microkernel
license =GNU General Public License
website = http://www.vsta.org:8080/VSTa (Valencia's Simple Tasker) was an
operating system with amicrokernel architecture, with alldevice driver s andfile system s residing inuserspace mode. It is mostlyPOSIX compliant, except when POSIX compatibility got in the way of extensibility and modularity. It was conceptually inspired byQNX and Plan 9. Written byAndy Valencia , and released under the GPL license. Currently the licensing for VSTa is Copyleft.VSTa was originally written to run on
i386 hardware, but was subsequently ported to several different platforms, e.g. 68030 basedAmiga s.VSTa is no longer developed, but its ideas and
source code are being used in theFMI/OS operating system, which continues the cause of VSTa.GUI
The default
graphical user interface provided as a tarball with the system wasManaGeR (MGR).External links
* [http://www.vsta.org:8080/ The VSTa Wiki] official home page
* [http://fmios.ocgnet.org/ FMI/OS] home page
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