SUMMARY.md

mdBook Summary

• Foreword
• Frequently-asked questions
• Project
  • Roadmap - the project's roadmap
  • Development - how the project will be developped
  • Hardware requirements - hardware required in order to install and run NightOS
• Concepts
  • Applications - the way to run software on NightOS
  • Libraries - sharing identical behaviours between multiple applications
  • Users - sharing a computer between multiple persons
• Features
  • The balancer - improve performances by balancing processes' priority
  • Crash saves - prevent data loss at maximum with crash-proof data saving
  • Domains - manage a network of computers
  • Encryption - encrypt the whole storage and individual user accounts
  • Freeze-prevention system - prevent the system from freezing when all RAM and CPU power are used
  • Parental control - manage children access to the computer
  • Sandboxes - isolate applications to prevent them from harming important data
  • Synchronization - synchronize settings between multiple computers
• Technical
  • Overview - a global overview of the system
  • The controller - permissions management system
  • Developer mode - enable powerful development options
  • Devices - manage hardware devices
  • File formats - description of all native file formats
  • I/O manager - manage input/output requests
  • Multi-platform management - how the NightOS ecosystem can be used on other operating systems
  • Performances - system tweaks used to optimize general and specific-case performances
  • Pre-compiling applications - pre-compiling applications to improve installation time and size
  • Processes - low-level view of how code runs in a concurrent way
  • The registry - configure the system's behaviour and features
  • Services - special processes that run in the background and allow other applications to perform specific tasks
  • The shell - the de-facto way to run complex and/or automatized tasks on NightOS
• User Experience
  • Desktop environments
  • Notifications
  • Sound
• Specifications
  • Applications and libraries - what applications and libraries are
  • Applications - how applications are structured and behave
  • Libraries - what are libraries
  • Filesystem - how the filesystem works
  • Storage permissions - how permissions are managed on filesystem elements
  • The boot process - how the system starts
  • Update processes - how updates are performed
  • Permissions - list of applications' permissions
  • Containers - process isolation system
  • The registry - exhaustive specification of the registry's content
  • Vocabulary - the list of NightOS-related terms
  • The shell - the native shell of NightOS
  • Shell scripting - Hydre's scripting language
  • Crash saves - what are crash saves and how they are handled
  • Services - specifications about services work and behave
  • Translations - how content translation is handled
  • Kernel
    • Hardware - how the kernel interacts with hardware
    • Memory - memory organization and management
    • Processes - processes concept and management
    • Scheduling - tasks scheduling
    • Data structures - data structures used by the kernel to represent things in memory
    • Kernel-process communication - how the kernel communicate with processes and vice-versa
    • Inter-process communication - communication between processes
    • Signals - complete specification of signals
    • System calls - complete specification of system calls
  • Integration services
    • Desktop environments - integration service for desktop environments
    • File managers - integration service for file managers
    • File openers - integration service for file openers
    • Filesystem interfaces - integration service for filesystem interfaces
  • Driver services
    • Storage driver service
  • System services
    • sys::fs
    • sys::fsh
    • sys::hw
    • sys::perm
    • sys::net
    • sys::crypto
    • sys::crashsave
    • sys::hydre
    • sys::app
    • sys::process
• Applications
  • Astral : The complete toolchain allowing to build applications
  • BareEnv : Text-based desktop environment
  • Blackhole : Archives manager
  • Central : Settings
  • Cloudy : Backup & Sync manager
  • Comet : File manager
  • Gravity : Text editor
  • Locky : System's encryption tool, with the ability to manage encrypted archives and volumes
  • Milkshake : Video player
  • Monitor : Monitor opened applications, processes, CPU/RAM usage, etc.
  • Nova : Desktop environment
  • Particle : A complete IDE to make applications
  • Pluton : Terminal
  • Postal : An e-mail client
  • Reader : A complete e-book reader with many supported formats and options
  • Registry : View and edit the registry (for advanced users)
  • Rocket : Web browser
  • ShootingStar : Pictures viewer and simple editor
  • Skyer : Applications manager
  • Sonata : Music player (with Hi-Res support and options)
  • Stellar : Application store
  • Thinker : Notes and task lists manager
  • TimeTravel : Backup and versioning program
  • Vortex : Firewall