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AstraOS is back on its own kernel

After a short detour over Linux, AstraOS returns to its own kernel – with a 64 MB memory rule.

Task Manager: four processor cores working at the same time.
Task Manager: four processor cores working at the same time.

At the end of October we tried AstraOS on top of Linux, with our own desktop. It worked, but it was not what we wanted. On 31 October 2026 came the decision: it should be our kernel.

The Linux attempt was put away and the own kernel came back. One new rule came with it: the whole system must run with only 64 MB of memory. Today the core is about 816 KB and the system starts in a virtual computer with 64 MB.

Read the full AstraOS story and how the kernel works.

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