Pykern simulates what would be a command-line operating system if it was written in Python.
It features a juicy setup process and a really juicy package manager called SIP (reportedly stands for Super Installer Package)
Everything that needs to be mentioned is inside the wiki. Enjoy!
Relevant for backstory. No technical info
Alright, so most of SRA's repositories consist of simulated kernels that we write for fun;
For demonstration we can name ChungOS, ChungOSX and PythonOS (Not available, written by Mini)
There is a why and there is a what:
- Why were these even written
- What inspired y'all to do this.
For the 1st one, we don't know. For your 2nd question... This is why
Pykern was a repository that randomly appeared in my GitHub, written by Kiffolisk/NitrogenDioxide, and I fell in love with it
It gave me excuses to use python and ultimately, open my eyes that, you can write things that aren't useful.
And so I made Corn Engine, and ultimately made about 2 PRs to the main Pykern repository.
Then, fast forward a few months later, I met Mini in the FNF Psych Engine Discord server for a very absurd reason.
We became friends because of our shared programming habits and we created a discord server to plan our ideas, and we ultimately discovered VSC Live Share.
Then the idea of a simulated kernel sparked, I mentioned Pykern and we started to develop ChungOS, name derived from Big Chungus because I knew our code was going to be heavy. SRA did not exist back then, it was NUGTeam (derived from GNU). It blew up back then, we coded everyday using Live Share and debugged everything. We even developed a bot named py-chan that did a lot of stuff.
After ChungOS was deemed complete, Mini went for the kill, he made a derivative repository that aimed to rewrite ChungOS, and to make it more lightweight, more user-friendly and less buggy, PythonOS (We might revive that too with permission, we have all the files).
Suffice to say, it all went downhill, I chased other passions, education chased me and Mini stopped programming. It all ended there, it was only a discord conversation.
Most of NUG and Mini's developments are transferred into SRA (with permission) or rewritten with a similar name and the same purpose.
ChungOSX is very partially maintained, so is hookies and others.
With that, I want to thank Kiffolisk/NitrogenDioxide for making all of this possible.
They go under a different name and have removed the Pykern and the SIP package manager repositories.
With the license that it was assigned, I believe it is safe to revive this project and maintain it for aesthetic reasons.
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