Lua OS 0.9

[Stefan Reich]

Here's a new OS based on Knoppix: Lua OS 0.9 (lua.org).

Lua OS is a new orthogonally persistent operating system for Lua code based on sandboxes and object-oriented IPC. (Or should we rather say: ISC - Inter-Sandbox-Communication.)

The Live-CD

• is based on Knoppix
• should (should!) run on any standard PC (even older ones)
• boots all the way into the Lua OS start-up screen
• can be run off the CD without modifying your system
• runs happily in 384 MB of main memory (even without swap space). Give it 512 if you're generous.
• runs very happily in Oracle VirtualBox
• has a sexy female voice (for important announcements). (Yeah, it's just the Knoppix voice samples)

There is also a guide on how to remaster Knoppix/Lua OS.

As you can read on the page, in the compatibility testing I ran across some problems with certain hardware. The graphics problem on the one PC is weird, it's a standard Radeon card as far as I can tell, and Knoppix just displays random bits instead of a desktop. I'll post more info on this in an appropriate place.