C# Open Source Managed Operating System

Getting Started

• Cosmos Documentation
• Using Visual Studio Express - If you are using Visual Studio Express, be sure to read this page for usage instructions.
• FAQ
• Low Hanging Fruit - Looking for something easy to do and prove your worth in Cosmos? Here are a few easy tasks we have on our to do list that are also of importance to us.

Joining Cosmos

• Yahoo Group - Email Discussion List. To prevent spambots from spamming our list we ask you introduce yourself to join. Please mention something specific to Cosmos. "Hey I want to join" won't get you in....
• Cosmos Chat Room - Live chat. When joining give some time for response. Asking a question and leaving a few minutes or seconds later will not give anyone any time to notice your presence.
• Facebook - Like us to see frequent updates of what is going on with Cosmos.
• Resources - More Cosmos related links.

Articles and Resources

• Develop Your Own Operating System in C# or VB.NET
• Quick View Under the Hood
• Intro to Plugs
• X86 Assembly Debugger Preview
• Making a Remote PC Slave for Debugging or Fun
• Cosmos Tutorials
• Cosmos Projects

Installing Cosmos

• User Kit Releases - Use the download link to the up and right. (Big purple button)
• Building from Source - Building from source is easy with our automated builder. Building Dev Kit.

Publicity

• Mary Jo Foley - Cosmos: An open-source .Net-based microkernel OS is born
• Scott Hanselman - Tiny Managed Operating System Edition

Videos

• Building your first Operating System in less than 60 seconds
• Cosmos Debugging
• Cosmos PXE network boot with VMware
• Debugging on real hardware
• User Cosmos videos on YouTube (Cosmos, C#)

Cosmos in Action