I dont really want to start small. I have the plans already, I just need like a million dollars or so to fund it. Every peice has to come together the way I want. I may seem stubborn but I know what I want and I really would want all the other OS progammers working together with the kitchen ones. Also I like the person who brought up DOS, I like it and in the thread I specified Id have them working with them too.

I know this could take on bills monster, Id do like I said, I mean who wouldnt wanna run that system? Id have a built in command line that could use DOS and UNIX commands so you wouldnt have to re learn anything. But also Id have extra commands built in. Also the fact that It would be cheaper than Windows would help.

And I would stick by what I said about installation, Id let it go for 3 machines. Because it really is ****ing dumb to have to spend 900 Dollars on Windows because the kid wanna play with it too. As for using it as a server, Id have the most common servers able to be ran on it and also, Id have new ones.

A new FTP server, a new Web Server, all kindsa ****. Id make sure it was compatible with **** though too. Also by default all servers and or Daemons would be shut off. But also there would be a program to configure services and **** like that. But also the thing would have a text version too. Kind of like YAST2 from SuSE.

Also, maybe Id make it so the server **** didnt come on the install media, but after you registered you could download them or...Hmmm *Heh, neet watching the thought process happen isnt it? * Maybe Id just have a CD that came with it that had all the servers on it.

With a warning about them saying something like "You will usually only need these if you are a sys admin or if you are setting up a computer in which other computers need to access the machine, if you arent sure, you dont need them".

Hmm, yea that sounds good. And I think that having the site have patches you can add everytime new hardware is released would help. Like when a new peice of hardware was released the site would have a patch to download which contained drivers.

Heh this would rock man! Also, the OS would be able to run Windows software, Linux software, BSD, all kinds of OSs. That way people who wanted to try it or buy it but couldnt switch there platforms over could continue using what they already have and this too.

If its not compatible with anything, no one going to want to use it. Specially companies who use Windows, they arent going to use this if they have to buy all new ****, but if this works with it just fine, theyll buy it, then if they like it, then they buy it and use it exclusevly, that little ability to CHOOSE what you want to do, will make me rich.

Also, I would have another patch to download or have it on the CDs or DVDs, that would allow you to run DOS programs, Windows progs, all kindsa ****. So peopel could buy it and use it as a server without having to dwitchg what they use as the server software.

Also, I would have it so games would be supported to, that way gamers could use it. I would also add a program to it that would monitor temps inside the machine, so that when it got too hot, it would display a warning message and play a series of beeps so sys admins and users could adress the problem without having to buy new machines.

I think system availability is important for a company, and you cant use a machine that bursted into flames because it over heated. Also, I would add a custom multi media player. I know I for one did not like Winamp, XMMS is cool as hell though, but Id wanna go better, I would have OpiuMedia Player as a program that came with it. It would be fully skinable, resizeable (****ing small Video windows get on my nerves, and getting pissed about a problem leads to creativity), And also, I would make sure it was NOT a RAm and resources hog. It could be ran in Command line mode or "Text" mode, and Also in GUI.

It would play ALL media types. Codecs are a pain in the ****ing ass to search for, this would play everything. Also built in key strokes would be used. Not like exclusivly, but if you didnt feel like using a mouse, Id have keystrokes for all tasks. And if you had the player in full screen, Id have a pop up saying how to exit full screen mode so people wouldnt get disgrutled.

This OS will change computing as we know it. I have almost 40 OSs. and if you include some I downloaded a few days ago; I have like 49. Iv used ALOT of OSs, I know what I liked and what I didnt like from each one, Id take away what was annoying and I would add my favorite parts from each one.

I would also have man pages like UNIX has. But also, help tools would be very important too. You cant tell someone to read the ****ing manual if they dont know where to start. Id have it come with basic manuals for howto install and how to use it, but also for the people who enjoy hacking OSs, Id give them something to quench that extra "how does it do that?" type of thinking.

Id have a help menu with a search bar that would allow you to ask questions, and also just search for something by key words in general. It would be set up so youd ask a question, and it would use the words you typed to find matches. Also for the people looking for more info, it would work the same way. It would take each word you typed in and find every manual/help file with matching words and display them.

But for people new to the system Id have more options available, like it would ask YOU questions and then display what it would think you want. Also Id have it with a few minor learning capabilities. The things you did most for example, It would do a sort of "defragment" on the fly. Like when you opened a program or did something, it would take a note of this and then after you used ot for say 3 days and it had a decent amount of "notes" it would cache the things you did the most so they loaded faster.

The command line I think would be a very strong point. Id have a tool kind of like YAST2 because YAST2 ****ing owns. Except I would make it so you could add hardware and **** without rebooting. I think it would take some neat tricks to pull that off.

Like one of the custom commands would be to make part of the File system (Morphine138) sleep, or sort of save all changes for you and shut that part of itself down so you could pop in hardware and then issue another "Wake up" command and it would refresh everything in memory and find the hardware and install the actual drivers for it...Actually, no, I have it pop up a menu and have it ask how youd like to install the drivers.

It could connect to the OpiOS website and download the latest driver, or install it from the install Media, or..Something like that. Just about anythinng to keep it from ever needing a reboot. I know I hate having to reboot, specially when you got a nice uptime going.

Another part of the OS would be protected memory. Id make it part of the OS. Id call it "memory Body Gaurd". It would keep an eye on everything in memory and if it detected something about to happen that could cause the system to become unstable in anyway, it would try to prevent it, and iif it did freeze the system or become unstable, it would pop up a message telling you about it and then have a few options, you could basically just refresh that part of the OS and it would kill anything that seemed to be giving a proble,

I dont think that would happen though because of the people who would be working on this. And this would also go back to how the OS would be able to shut a part of itself down to allow the installation of hardware without rebooting. The ability to do that would be a main feature.

I know something like this is possible because Solaris doesnt usually need a reboot for hot swap **** or other hardware. The commands to shut down a part of the file system and bring it back up would be the sedate command, to make a part of the system fall asleep while you performed the surgery on the case (taking it off and adding hardware...kind like giving the PC a boob job, there both silicone right?) and then the coffee command would bring it back up.

I think another way to achieve this would be to have every part of the MOBO monitored by the OS, the PCI slots and drive bays could be monitored, and then AGP slots, and the RAM slots, and then when you wanted to add new hardware but didnt feel like rebooting the machine, you could tell it to sedate a certain area, it would sort of shut that part off, you could add it, then coffee it back on and it would find and use the new hardware.

I think the file system I picked would be a good choice name wise. Morphine was named after the Greek God of dreams, so The Morphine138 file sytem, which would work like a dream, would be very nice. Also the 138 is in there, because so many file systems seem to have numbers. Fat16,32,EXT2,3....**** like that. And 138 would of course be taken from my Love for the Misfits.

Im really glad you all are in this thread. I think its going VERY well. Im getting alot of feed back and Also thanks to everyone for thinking its a good idea so far. I love it! And me being an OSs person, well its fitting that me, whos used so many, be the one who makes the ultimate OS.

Id also strike a deal with ISPs. Id give them the OS for free to use on there servers and to give a few employees. In return, all of the users of OpiOS would get free internet access if they wanted it. Kind of like, you scratch my back and give me a reach around and Ill hook you up and save you a few thousand dollars in software costs.