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pmig96
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pmig96 is a personal blog at pmig96.wordpress.com about systems and programming. Since 2021, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Pumpkin OS: x64 port/re-implementation of PalmOS”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-07, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link pmig96's posts on PumpkinOS, a re-implementation of PalmOS, as background on running it natively on Linux, ARM, or x86 with QEMU. The comments do not evaluate the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Pumpkin OS: x64 port/re-implementation of PalmOS3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-09-08
- PalmOS on Raspberry Pi2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-09-09
- /2019/11/22/reviving-palmos/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-09-10
What Hacker News says?
According to the README, it runs natively on ARM but it looks more like a program than an OS. So I'm sure it can be updated to run on Android or iOS if the GUI code is rewritten with their respective frameworks but making a bootable OS seems more difficult. The author wrote an article last year about making it a bootable OS by using a barebones x86 kernel and QEMU so I'm sure it could probably be repurposed for ARM…
Comment linking /2023/02/24/pumpkinos-busybox-and-linux/
on “PumpkinOS, a Re-Implementation of PalmOS”Submitted PalmOS on Raspberry Pi as a story · 169 points
HN discussionBork bork: "Cloudpilot, a PalmOS emulator for the web": https://cloudpilot-emu.github.io/ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30241462 Mu, a modern PalmOS emulator: https://github.com/meepingsnesroms/Mu / https://meepingsnesroms.github.io/ Up-and-coming-when-they're-done-I-guess: PumpkinOS: https://pmig96.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/reviving-palmos/ rePalm: http://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&proj=27.%20rePalm
Comment linking /2019/11/22/reviving-palmos/
on “Palm OS developer releases source to classic games, 20 years after release”Submitted Pumpkin OS: x64 port/re-implementation of PalmOS as a story · 141 points
HN discussionThis looks, AFAICT, like a wine-style compat layer: https://pmig96.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/reviving-palmos/ "The application “thinks” it is running on a PalmOS device, but instead it is running natively on Linux."
Comment linking /2019/11/22/reviving-palmos/
on “PalmOS on Raspberry Pi”Submitted Color Spaces, Bitmaps and Pumpkins as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI'd imagine it would look something like this: https://pmig96.wordpress.com/2021/04/29/palmos-on-raspberry-...
Comment linking /2021/04/29/palmos-on-raspberry-pi/
on “Pumpkin OS: x64 port/re-implementation of PalmOS”Submitted Multi-threading and globals in Pumpkin OS as a story · 3 points
HN discussionRemarkably, source may not be needed: https://pmig96.wordpress.com/2021/09/08/pumpkin-os/
Comment linking /2021/09/08/pumpkin-os/
on “The PalmOS powered wristwatch from Fossil”Submitted Running PalmOS Without PalmOS as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Binary Systems' Starflight Disassembly as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pumpkin OS as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted PalmOS on x86: API Porting as a story · 1 points
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