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Visopsys

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Visopsys is an operating system written by Andy McLaughlin, with development beginning in 1997. It is licensed under the GNU GPL, with its headers and libraries under the less restrictive LGPL, runs on the 32-bit IA-32 architecture, and features a multitasking kernel with support for asynchronous I/O and the FAT family of file systems; it requires a Pentium-class processor. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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License
GNU GPL v2.0 1
Year
2001 2
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Source Wikipedia: Visopsys

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Entity-backed identity for the license enum value this item already carries, resolved to a software license concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The license fact itself stays on the item unchanged.

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1. Wikidata: Visopsys
  • Wikidata Q595656, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q595656 P275 (license)
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2. Wikipedia: Visopsys
  • Infobox field released
    released = 2 August 2001
  • In Field: Operating Systems, Lead sentence
    Visopsys (Visual Operating System), is an operating system, written by Andy McLaughlin.
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