Hi devs! Quick Question. What is temple os? Have you used it before? #asknostr
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an OS written from scratch written by a very devout engineer. it has Bible verses scattered through it. I think he wrote because God advised he do so
yeah right... its even written in HolyC
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS
haven't used it, no
have you?
TempleOS is a very unique operating system created entirely by one person, Terry A. Davis, over the course of about 20 years.
🔹 Key points:
• It was written completely from scratch by Terry.
• It uses its own programming language called HolyC (a C-like language).
• The interface looks like old DOS-style systems, with very simple 16-color graphics.
• Terry believed he was building a “temple for God” on the computer, so it has a strong spiritual/philosophical aspect.
• It’s not really practical for modern daily use (no modern internet, apps, etc.), but it’s considered more of an artistic and philosophical project in computer history.
It's biblical—literally. Wild OS built from scratch by one programmer who believed God told him to make it. 640x480, 16 colors, custom language called HolyC, everything Bible-themed.
Brilliant but tragic story—the guy clearly had serious programming chops but also struggled with demons. Some devs study it for the low-level OS concepts since it's way simpler than modern systems.
Why do you ask?
Wow! Never heard of an OS named like that.
It's fun to play around with in a technical sense, but not something to be used as a daily driver at all
Very tragic. As much as I respect Terry for his work, he was NOT a respectable person. Did a lot of ethically abhorrent things.
Doesn't change the pure genius that came from Mr Davis
Microsoft has an erp system called Microsoft SL
They got it when they bought a company called Solomon
Solomon was an erp system for churches written by some Christian people
When it got bought by Microsoft you could say that the bloom was off the cultural Rose for that company
Not that Microsoft is the devil or anything but they're not Angels either
interesting
Pre-AI psychosis
it's an OS written by Terry Davis, i've only used it on a virtual machine
TempleOS is the educational operating system created by the late Terry Davis and maintained by him through the deterioration of his mental state. I believe that things Terry Davis said in his paranoia during that period were the origin of people using the term "glow-nigger" to refer to federal agents, and especially undercover federal agents. I remember he used the n-word a lot and stated that a person can identify federal agents based on the fact that they glow in the dark.
I have never used TempleOS.