Html5 os

**Ashley_Wrench** · March 17th, 2014

Just out of curiosoity, do you guys think it would be a possibilty making a OS based on HTML5! (I know there needs to be a kernel, and a boot loader coded in ASM, so it obviosly wont just be HTML, CSS and Javascript.) I thought this would be a cool topic to descuss as im not sure if HTML can run commands from a Kernel,but nothing is impossible. What do you guys think? Is it possible to make a HTML5 based OS? and do you think it would work well?

**sffvba[e0rt** · March 18th, 2014

Thread moved to Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat.

Not a support request.

**buzzingrobot** · March 18th, 2014

You can build interfaces with HTML, but not operating systems. HTML is basically an engine that translates text.

**james114** · March 24th, 2014

You need to use a browser to execute HTML, maybe you can make it like an application, but not OS.

**umrku** · August 20th, 2014

HTML5 can be used to write web applications that still work when you're not connected to the net.
Tto tell websites where you are physically located; to handle high definition video; and to deliver extraordinary graphics.

**kbrodenhau** · August 24th, 2014

Maybe another question is could you make a window manager or desktop environment based on html5 (given the O/S is maybe best left alone).

Login managers are themeing with html 5. And Gnome 3 uses javascript and css in its Dash... So, yeah - create a javascript / html 5 / css window manager for us