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 # OwOS
 
+An x86 microkernel written in C++ (and some assembly) with a twist. It's awful, not just at being an OS but it's called OwOS.
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+But yea its a hobbyist microkernel (and maybe shell) written in C++
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+Its actually not a microkernel at all (yet)