Nova Os Phase 1

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by XoXgaming, Sep 18, 2026 at 6:04 AM.

  1. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Sergeant

    I am building a OS for fun learning the inner working.

    With a little help of Chatgpt i got this far

    Capture 1.PNG

    It works in a VM with out issue.

    Capture 1.PNG

    What do you guys think.

    If anyone would like to test it i probably can send the phase 1 over
     
    Last edited: Sep 18, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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  2. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Sergeant

    This is what it could look like when completed.

    Nova OS image.png

    Nova OS image 2.png
     
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  3. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Sergeant

    Built-in themes
    Nova Glass

    • Blue glass
    • Transparency
    • Reflections
    Nova Classic

    • Less transparency
    • Traditional desktop appearance
    Nova Dark

    • Dark blue/gray interface
    Nova Light

    • Bright interface
    Nova Basic

    • Minimal effects
    • Designed for lower-end hardware
     
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  4. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Sergeant

  5. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Sergeant

    what do you think of these designs.
     
  6. xrobwx71

    xrobwx71 Private First Class

    Looks great! It has a Windows 7 vibe. Or even XP with a very nice theme applied.
     
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  7. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Sergeant

    I will be on phase 4 soon here is what i have completed so far

    Section Steps Status
    1 — Bootloader
    1.x ✓ Complete
    2 — Kernel 2.x ✓ Complete
    3 — Hardware Layer 3.1–3.67+ In progress
    4 — System Services 4.x Next major section
    5 — Security Architecture 5.x Planned
    6 — Storage & File Systems 6.x Planned
    7 — Networking Stack 7.x Planned
    8 — Graphics / GUI 8.x Planned
    9 — Desktop Environment 9.x Planned
    10 — Core Applications 10.x Planned
    11 — Installer / Recovery 11.x Planned
    12 — Testing / Release Engineering 12.x Planned

    I added no No Telemetry to this build.
     
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  8. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Sergeant

    3.50 Secure Provisioning / Factory Initialization ✓
    3.51 Hardware Configuration / Dynamic Profiles ✓
    3.52 Hardware Device Policy / Resource Management ✓
    3.53 Hardware Scheduling / QoS / Arbitration ✓
    3.54 Hardware Resource Isolation / Sandboxing ✓
    3.55 Hardware Security Enforcement / Trusted Boundaries ✓
    3.56 Hardware Attestation / Integrity Verification ✓
    3.57 Hardware Secure Update / Firmware Lifecycle ✓
    3.58 Hardware Recovery / Firmware Rescue ✓
    3.59 Hardware Security Keys / Cryptographic Hardware ✓
    3.60 Hardware Security Policy / Secure Configuration ✓
    3.61 Hardware Security Certification / Validation ✓
    3.62 Hardware Compatibility / Hardware Support Matrix ✓
    3.63 Driver Compatibility / Automated Selection ✓
    3.64 Driver Packaging / Signing / Secure Installation ✓
    3.65 Driver Runtime Management / Live Operations ✓
    3.66 Driver ABI/API Stability / Compatibility Layer ✓
    3.67 NovaOS Driver Development Kit / Driver SDK ✓
    3.68 Driver Testing / Certification / Validation Framework ✓

    [✓] Test Manager
    [✓] Test lifecycle
    [✓] Unit testing
    [✓] ABI/API testing
    [✓] Memory safety testing
    [✓] DMA/IOMMU testing
    [✓] Interrupt testing
    [✓] MMIO testing
    [✓] Virtual hardware testing
    [✓] Physical hardware testing
    [✓] Stress testing
    [✓] Fault injection
    [✓] Watchdog testing
    [✓] Power testing
    [✓] Thermal testing
    [✓] Hotplug testing
    [✓] Live update testing
    [✓] Recovery testing
    [✓] Security testing
    [✓] Fuzz testing
    [✓] Compatibility testing
    [✓] Regression testing
    [✓] Performance testing
    [✓] Test isolation
    [✓] Certification profiles
    [✓] Test results
    [✓] Certification reports
    [✓] Certification database
    [✓] Revocation
    [✓] Baselines
    [✓] Failure classification
    [✓] Diagnostic collection
    [✓] Testing APIs
    [✓] Testing CLI
    [✓] Configuration
    [✓] Source tree
    [✓] Security architecture
    [✓] Reliability architecture
    [✓] No telemetry
     
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  9. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Sergeant

    Got my Kernal up and running still needs tweaking though.

    NovaOS-Step2-Kernel-fixed-v2.PNG
     
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  10. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Sergeant

    Still a lot of testing to be done.
     
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  11. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Sergeant

    Made more progress to night.

    All most a full operational bios.
     

    Attached Files:

    Last edited: Sep 21, 2026 at 8:18 AM
  12. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Sergeant

    Just noticed incorrect date and time lol.

    NovaOS-Step2-Kernel-fixed-v2.PNG
     
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