Niket Chandrashekar, a 20-year-old engineering from New Horizon College in Bangalore, has a portable Operating System that can be stored and operated on just about any device with a storage option - even a mobile phone. Developed almost entirely using open source tools and with Wine (a Windows emulator for Linux, which allows Windows programs to run on that operating system), this OS is based on the Linux kernel.
The OS known as LinuXP supports many windows Vista and 7 applications. It can also recover lost and accidentally deleted files, locate and install drivers for printers and other devices connected to it. The amazing portability of this OS means that you can carry your work along with the OS on pen drives or mobile phones and simply plug it into any PC or laptop to start working from anywhere.
When asked about how he thought about creating this innovative OS, Chandrashekar said, "I was thinking of creating a smaller program that can work like an OS while studying certain innate limitations of the existing operating systems".
"Since the whole of this software - with whatever work one has done on it - can be saved in portable storage devices without changes to the format or design, you can retrieve them on any laptop or desktop without having to worry about things like formatting. Also, even while used on someone's device, you can make sure the data it carries is safe," he added.
When asked if there is any licensing or IP concern in using this software, Chandrashekar said there is none. "It took about seven months for me to develop this software, which can step in and perform the tasks of an OS, in case the system does not have one and contains important files," he added. The OS also has utilities that let you not only lock folders, but also hide them, thus protecting your data from unauthorized access. A few months ago, he had created a free software with similar functionality for XP, and now it comes with LinuXP. Chandrashekar plans to put LinuXP online soon for anyone to be able to download and use it.
The OS known as LinuXP supports many windows Vista and 7 applications. It can also recover lost and accidentally deleted files, locate and install drivers for printers and other devices connected to it. The amazing portability of this OS means that you can carry your work along with the OS on pen drives or mobile phones and simply plug it into any PC or laptop to start working from anywhere.
When asked about how he thought about creating this innovative OS, Chandrashekar said, "I was thinking of creating a smaller program that can work like an OS while studying certain innate limitations of the existing operating systems".
"Since the whole of this software - with whatever work one has done on it - can be saved in portable storage devices without changes to the format or design, you can retrieve them on any laptop or desktop without having to worry about things like formatting. Also, even while used on someone's device, you can make sure the data it carries is safe," he added.
When asked if there is any licensing or IP concern in using this software, Chandrashekar said there is none. "It took about seven months for me to develop this software, which can step in and perform the tasks of an OS, in case the system does not have one and contains important files," he added. The OS also has utilities that let you not only lock folders, but also hide them, thus protecting your data from unauthorized access. A few months ago, he had created a free software with similar functionality for XP, and now it comes with LinuXP. Chandrashekar plans to put LinuXP online soon for anyone to be able to download and use it.
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