LuminaryOS is a virtual operating system written in Java. It provides a simple and easy to use development & user experience! LuminaryOS is designed to be a lightweight and portable virtual operating system that can run on a variety of platforms.

To get started with LuminaryOS, you will need to have Java installed on your machine. You can download the latest version of Java from the Oracle website.

Once you have Java installed, you can download the LuminaryOS source code from the GitHub repository. You can then build the project using maven or you can use a pre built version

LuminaryOS provides a number of features, including:

Process management: LuminaryOS provides a process manager that can be used to start, stop, and monitor processes.

File system: LuminaryOS includes a simulated file system that can be used to store and retrieve files.

Plugin system: LuminaryOS includes a simple plugin development experience, plugins can be used to interact with the system or add new commands.

To use LuminaryOS, you can run the operating system with Java 17+ to check this run

java --version

OR

java -version

Once you have verified you have Java 17+ simply run

java -jar LuminaryOS.jar

Once Java 21 comes out we will most likely move over to it. This is since Java 21 will be a LTS release and has alot of useful features.

If you are interested in contributing to LuminaryOS, you can do so by submitting pull requests on the GitHub repository. Before submitting a pull request, please make sure that the code you commit is fully compatible and bug free.

LuminaryOS is licensed under the AGPL-3.0 license. See the LICENSE file for more information.