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What Is a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS)? Meaning, Working, Types, Uses, and Examples

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A real-time operating system (RTOS) is a specialized operating system designed to handle time-critical tasks. The post What Is a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS)? Learn more about RTOS, its types, uses, and a few examples from this article.

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Zuckerberg opens up Meta Quest operating system to third-parties, Asus and Lenovo headsets planned

TechSpot

Meta is making the OS that powers its Quest headsets available to third-party hardware. Accompanying the announcement is a re-brand for the operating system with potentially significant policy changes regarding software distribution. Read Entire Article

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The LAN: A History of Network Operating Systems Part 12

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the network system calls then provided under interrupt 21H gave all suppliers of network software the capability to standardize at least some of the access to LAN hardware. Most manufacturers of LAN software had announced or implemented support of NETBIOS for IBM LANs. When DOS was extended in Version 3.1,

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The Oculus Go’s operating system is being unlocked, John Carmack announces

The Verge

Root access will be achieved by sideloading a future software update, opening the door for anyone to modify and improve Oculus’ original standalone all-in-one VR headset. Facebook originally released the Oculus Go in 2018 before supplanting it with the Oculus Quest the following year. The Go was officially discontinued in 2020.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.

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The LAN: A History of Network Operating Systems Part 5

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In general, pipes are software developers' tools for easily creating communications routines in software without having to explicitly control and issue commands to the communications hardware.

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UNIX vs. Linux vs. Windows: 4 Key Comparisons

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UNIX, Linux, and Windows are operating systems with GUIs, hardware support, networking, and file management. The post UNIX vs. Linux vs. Windows: 4 Key Comparisons appeared first on.