NoovexOS

NoovexOS is a fast, Unix-like operating system built from scratch for running and building software. It ships its own kernel, package manager, UAC-style privilege prompts, signed .nvx packages, a recovery console, and its own web browser with a TLS 1.3 network stack.

Contents

1. Download the OS
2. Documentation
3. Community

Overview

Inside NoovexOS 64

The kernel source is organised by subsystem and compiled as 153 separate C and C++ units, with shared interface headers under include/nvx/.

• Boot and architecture: myboot BIOS and UEFI loaders, x86-64 startup, interrupts, CPU-specific code and linker scripts.
• Kernel and memory: panic and syscall code, processes, scheduling, fork, exec and clone, pthreads, signals, pipes and job control, a Linux syscall ABI with real musl and ported glibc, multi-core bring-up, physical frames, page tables and the heap.
• Files, devices and network: VFS, NVXFS, FAT and NTFS filesystem support, storage, USB, input, video, Ethernet, RTL8821CE Wi-Fi, TCP/IP, sockets, HTTP and TLS.
• Desktop and software: the compositor, window manager, desktop, shell, C library, user programs, bundled applications, tools and loadable module samples.

Packages and Python

NoovexOS 64 v10.00 has working sudo and apt install, ported glibc, and real Debian .deb package support. apt resolves dependencies and verifies package SHA-256 checksums. CPython 3.13 includes Tkinter and real IDLE, with Tk windows appearing directly on the desktop.

You can download software packages with apt, but not every program will run on NoovexOS. Firefox ESR does: after sudo apt install firefox-esr, Firefox opens and draws its own window on the NoovexOS desktop. Downloading or installing other packages does not guarantee they can launch or work correctly.

Getting started

• Pick a build on the download page.
• Write the ISO to a USB stick or DVD, or boot it in a virtual machine.
• Boot the machine and follow the installer prompts.
• If the system fails to start, note the stop code shown on the failure screen.

This is the static text edition of NoovexOS. Full version: noovexos.site.