Journey OS PRE-ALPHA

A mobile operating system built from scratch.
Not a fork. Not a skin. A new core.

Created by Lucas Prado Coelho Kernel Linux 6.6.16 LTS (x86_64) · Compiled manually from source Current milestone Building the heart: Kernel image (bzImage) ready. Bootstrapping environment (initramfs) not yet executed. Toolchain GNU make, GCC, binutils, BusyBox (planned) License GPL v3

📁 Project Status

journey-os/
├── kernel/
│   └── linux-6.6.16/          # Source tree
│       └── arch/x86/boot/bzImage   # ✅ Compiled (not booted)
├── initramfs/                 # ❌ To be built
├── qemu/                      # ❌ Not yet configured
└── docs/
    └── ui-concept/            # 📝 Conceptual design only

🔧 What Works (So Far)

Linux kernel 6.6.16 configured with x86_64_defconfig
Successful compilation on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS inside VirtualBox VM
Generated bzImage (approx 12 MB)

🚧 Immediate Next Steps

Create a minimal initramfs using BusyBox
Boot the kernel with qemu-system-x86_64
Reach first milestone: "Journey OS - Hello, world." on screen

📡 Public Presence

This page serves as the official project log.
GitHub: github.com/lucasprado/journey-os
Forum thread: mstdn