LoseThos' Features

* x86_64, multitasking kernel with multicore support for CPU's such as Core_i7, 
Core_2_Duo, Pentium_D...  nothing worse than a Pentium_4_Extreme_Edition.

* Free, public domain, and 100% open source.

* 64-bit compiler/assembler that truly compiles, no interpreter.

* No 32-bit krufty code.

* 640x480 16 color VGA graphics.

* Keyboard & mouse support.

* Hard drives, support for FAT32 and LoseThos native file systems with file 
compression.

* Partitioning tool.

* Boot loaders for CD-ROM and hard disk.

* CD/DVD reading and writing, ISO9660 file system. Can make bootable ISO9660 ISO 
files so you can roll-your-own distributions.

* Source files and the command line window can have graphics, links, icons, 
trees, colors, super/sub scripts, margins.  Everything is seamless through-out 
the tool chain.  No need for separate resource files.

* Just-in-time compilation.  No need for object or exe files.

* Graphics in source code.  No need for resource files.

* 64-bit pointers.  All memory, even more than 4 Gig, can be directly accessed 
by all tasks on all cores at all times.

* Ring-0-only.  Highest CPU privileged mode at all times.  No off-limits 
instructions.  No time lost changing modes or address maps.  Switches tasks in 
half a microsecond.

* 2D/3D graphics library

* Real-time fancy differential-equation solver (physics engine) for use in 
games.  (Adaptive step-size Runge-Kutta, interpolated for real-time.)

* Code profiler, merge, diff utils.

* HD Audio and many songs.

* Demos and documentation.

* All source code included.  Only compiles with the included LoseThos compiler 
and assembler.



* "Core_i7", "Core_2_Duo", "Pentium_D", and "Pentium_4_Extreme_Edition" are 
trademarks of Intel Corp.