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Slow Computing Speedrunning

2022-11-07T05:03:05Z

Europa: Edited details of /* GCC 8 on an Ultra 5 running OpenBSD/sparc64 (Europa) */

Welcome to the Slow Computing any% Speedrunning Contest; also known as watching digital paint dry.

The goal of this contest is simple. To celebrate the long code [https://xkcd.com/303/] times, we're running an informal contest to celebrate this era of batch processing.

== Objective and Rules ==

It's pretty simple:
* Using any vintage computer of your choice, perform a long-running task of some sort
* Livestream, or otherwise provide regular status updates that show how far you have gotten.
* Emulators and the like are A-OK; just let us know what it's doing.

After each run, success or failure, our judges (which is mostly just the regulars in #paint-drying on [http://discord.gg/V8esNah Discord]) will deem what, if any titles such run has earned, and an entirely subjective place on the Wall of Pain. There are absolutely no prizes besides the knowledge that you might be immortalized here for the life of the wiki.

Do you dare step up?

=== Examples of projects ===
For example, upgrading through every version of OS/2, building GCC, or the like. Livestream or otherwise regularly update the panting drying competition community. For NCommander's entries, VoDs on YouTube were provided. Europa livestreamed the terminal on Discord throughout the duration. Any sorta long running log with regular updates is acceptable.

= The Wall of Pain =
New categories will be added as needed

== Idle Pain ==
Idle Pain refers to tasks where they're started, and mostly left untouched until they finish (excluding minor tweaks, build failures, etc.)

=== GCC 8 on an Ultra 5 running OpenBSD/sparc64 (Europa) ===
* '''Status:''': Complete!
* '''Duration:''' Approximately 5.375 days (4.5 days GCC, 0.875 days CDE)
* '''Proof''': Livestreamed on Discord, updates periodically provided via Discord, [https://twitter.com/europa6502/status/1587304622749876224 Twitter], and Mastodon
* '''Comments''':
** The build that started it all, Europa's attempt to install CDE which required upgrading GCC, and starting a multiday build process that lead to the creation of the paint drying community ... I'm still wondering how we got here - [[User:NCommander|NCommander]] ([[User talk:NCommander|talk]]) 14:54, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
** It finished! She managed to build CDE with her new GCC after some help from NCommander, and is now working on configuring her newly built CDE! - [[User:Kraaabs|Kraaabs]] (([[User talk:Kraaabs|talk]]) 01:56, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

=== Forcing Windows 7 onto a 66MHz CPU (Griffin) ===
* '''Status:''': Complete!
* '''Duration:''' About 14 hours
* '''Proof''': Livestreamed on Discord, and live-updated in a Discord thread
* '''Comments''':
** The first entry to finish, I believe! They used 86box emulating a VIA Samuel, and a lot of trial and error to get the thing to boot at all. Was a fun one to watch. Nice and painful. [https://twitter.com/FOSSfirefighter/status/1588999569593208832 N tweeted about this one, too.] - [[User:Kraaabs|Kraaabs]] ([[User talk:Kraaabs|talk]]) 03:02, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

=== Installing Gentoo in DOSBochs in QEMU on Void Linux on a PowerBook G4 (Krabs) ===
* '''Status:''': Ongoing
* '''Duration:''' About 52 hours so far.
* '''Proof''': Livestreamed on Discord, and live-updated in a Discord thread
* '''Comments''':
** Yep, still going. It's been about 52 hours (~24-ish of which was prep work), and we're still decompressing the kernel on the Gentoo install CD. In for the long haul, this one. Being that I have to babysit this, is it active pain? There's a lot of waiting. Hybrid pain, maybe. :^) - [[User:Kraaabs|Kraaabs]] ([[User talk:Kraaabs|talk]]) 03:06, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

== Active Pain ==
Active Pain entries are livestreams or single projects that are actively worked on over the period of the competition. They can be over multiple sessions, with time being tallied up.

=== Upgrading Through Every Version of OS/2 (NCommander) ===
* '''Status''': Complete/Historical
*.'''Proof''': VoDs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeaRlhz96mI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uwGTHZzzF4
* '''Duration''': Approximately 22 Hours
* '''Comments''':
** ow [[User:NCommander|- NCommander]] ([[User talk:NCommander|talk]]) 14:54, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

=== Windows 10 in QEMU on a PowerBook G4 (Krabs) ===
* '''Status''': Complete/Historical
*.'''Proof''': Was live-updated on Discord, and also in the [https://picsofbread.com/potato-bread writeup here]
* '''Duration''': About 10 active hours, and about 18 more waiting for it to boot
* '''Comments''':
** This was painful. Good way to spend a few days with COVID though. [[User:Kraaabs|- Kraaabs]] ([[User talk:Kraaabs|talk]]) 02:00, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

User:Europa

2022-09-03T03:51:21Z

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2022-09-03T03:50:39Z

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Homebrew OS Development

2022-09-01T01:32:31Z

Europa: /* Open Computing Kit (OCK) */

This is a general summary of what OSes are being developed on DisNCord.

=== Open Computing Kit (OCK) ===
A joint project between Elisia, Sadmac356, Griffin, Europa, and others, [https://github.com/open-computing-kit Open Computing Kit] is an operating system that aims to be as GNU-independent as possible, including a [https://github.com/open-computing-kit/ockernel kernel written in Rust] and its [https://github.com/open-computing-kit/OCKcore own set of coreutils]. It is presently in the very early stages of active development.

=== SeshOS ===
Written by Mineman, SeshOS is one of the more esoteric OSes on DisNCord, but also one of the most complete, with the starts of a GUI and shell in the kernel.
<gallery>
SeshOS.png|An early image of SeshOS booting.
</gallery>

=== Pics Of Bread Awful scRipting Interpreter Systems for Neat Architectures (POBARISNA) ===
Written by Krabs, POBARISNA is an operating system with a JavaScript-based microkernel design, that for now only runs on PowerPC macs. There are prospective plans for ports to other "Neat Architectures" (which Krabs defines as "not a PC/BIOS/UEFI x86 system"), such as SPARC variants and ARM.

=== picotalk ===
Written by Waterpear, picotalk is an operating system written in embedded Smalltalk.

=== Rotom OS ===
Written by SED, Rotom OS is an operating system with little information to glean from anything except for its code and a few images.
It attempts to be as simple as possible, with ring 3 not being implemented.
<gallery>
RotomOS.png|An early image of Rotom OS booting.
</gallery>

=== styx ===
Written by Sirocyl and others, styx is an operating system with many ideas, some of which will be listed here:
* Applications will be double-click to run, much like Windows or macOS.
* Libraries should live with their application in packaging, similar to Windows.
* Installation will be done through drag-and-drop, taken from macOS.
* The system will be as (trans)portable as possible, similar to Classic macOS.
* The word "styx" is not an acronym, nor will the operating system's governing body ever be comprised of one member.
* The system will be consent-first, something that flies in the face of traditional operating systems like Windows and macOS.
There are many more than this here in their Discord server, but there are too many to list here effectively.

Homebrew OS Development

2022-09-01T01:27:05Z

Europa: /* Open Computing Kit (OCK) */

This is a general summary of what OSes are being developed on DisNCord.

=== Open Computing Kit (OCK) ===
A joint project between Elisia, Sadmac356, Griffin, Europa, and others, Open Computing Kit is an operating system that aims to be as GNU-independent as possible, including a kernel written in Rust and its own set of coreutils. It is presently in the very early stages of active development.

=== SeshOS ===
Written by Mineman, SeshOS is one of the more esoteric OSes on DisNCord, but also one of the most complete, with the starts of a GUI and shell in the kernel.
<gallery>
SeshOS.png|An early image of SeshOS booting.
</gallery>

=== Pics Of Bread Awful scRipting Interpreter Systems for Neat Architectures (POBARISNA) ===
Written by Krabs, POBARISNA is an operating system with a JavaScript-based microkernel design, that for now only runs on PowerPC macs. There are prospective plans for ports to other "Neat Architectures" (which Krabs defines as "not a PC/BIOS/UEFI x86 system"), such as SPARC variants and ARM.

=== picotalk ===
Written by Waterpear, picotalk is an operating system written in embedded Smalltalk.

=== Rotom OS ===
Written by SED, Rotom OS is an operating system with little information to glean from anything except for its code and a few images.
It attempts to be as simple as possible, with ring 3 not being implemented.
<gallery>
RotomOS.png|An early image of Rotom OS booting.
</gallery>

=== styx ===
Written by Sirocyl and others, styx is an operating system with many ideas, some of which will be listed here:
* Applications will be double-click to run, much like Windows or macOS.
* Libraries should live with their application in packaging, similar to Windows.
* Installation will be done through drag-and-drop, taken from macOS.
* The system will be as (trans)portable as possible, similar to Classic macOS.
* The word "styx" is not an acronym, nor will the operating system's governing body ever be comprised of one member.
* The system will be consent-first, something that flies in the face of traditional operating systems like Windows and macOS.
There are many more than this here in their Discord server, but there are too many to list here effectively.