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+title = 'About Exectos'
+date = 2024-06-16T12:12:40+02:00
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+## About
+ExectOS aims to be a stable and flexible, general purpose operating system written from scratch. It is designed to be
+modular, maintainable and compatible with existing software. It implements a brand new XT architecture and features own
+native application interface. On the backend, it contains a powerful driver model between device drivers and the kernel,
+that enables kernel level components to be upgraded without a need to recompile all drivers.
+
+## XT Architecture
+ExectOS is a preemptive, reentrant multitasking operating system that implements the XT architecture which derives from
+NT™ architecture. It is modular, and consists of two main layers: microkernel and user modes. Its' kernel mode has
+full access to the hardware and system resources and runs code in a protected memory area. It consists of executive
+services, which is itself made up on many modules that do specific tasks, a kernel and drivers. Unlike the NT™, system
+does not feature a separate Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) between the physical hardware and the rest of the OS. Instead,
+XT architecture integrates a hardware specific code with the kernel. The user mode is made up of subsystems and it has been
+designed to run applications written for many different types of operating systems. This allows us to implement any
+environment subsystem to support applications that are strictly written to the corresponding standard (eg. DOS, or POSIX).
+Thanks to that ExectOS will allow to run existing software, including Win32 applications.
+
+## Features
+ * Completely free, Open Source and community-driven modern Operating System.
+ * Native multiple architecture support. It runs on x86 and x86_64 and is portable to other architectures.
+ * Hardware layer API allows for a single unified kernel. There is no need to maintain a separate kernel forks.
+ * Uses a couple of ideas from other open source projects, but it’s our own ideas that really sets us apart and defines
+   ExectOS. The majority of code is original, not forked.
+ * Modular design for better compatibility with existing software and drivers, enabling binaries to remain compatible even
+   when the core system is updated.
+ * Own, XT drivers for commonly used devices as well as NT™ drivers compatibility layer for better hardware support.
+ * Technical support directly from the architects and developers of the system.
+
+## Why
+ * We believe, there is no ideal Operating System on the market. During ExectOS development, we try to bring most useful
+   features known from existing solutions, while keeping compatibility with NT™ architecture at desired level.
+ * Some of our ideas differ greatly from other projects and it is much easier if we do not have to fight legacy code and
+   ideas.
+ * We need the freedom to break things when necessary.
+
+## Goals
+ * Keep the greatest advantages of the NT™ architecture, while implementing new features and technologies known from
+   other Operating Systems.
+ * Flexibility where it makes sense to provide flexibility.
+ * Be able to deliver features that other non-commercial Operating Systems consider too ambitious.
+
+## Requirements
+ExectOS is in very early development stage, thus its requirements have been not specified yet. However according to its
+design, it requires a modern EFI enabled hardware. It is not possible currently to boot ExectOS on a legacy BIOS.