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For the ancient custom for appointing a High Sheriff, see Pricking the Lites.

Lites

Developer

Johannes Helander, Helsinki University of Technology;
Flux Research Group, University of Utah

Written in

C, assembly language

OS family

Unix-like (4.4BSD)

Working state

Discontinued

Source model

Open-source

Final release

1.1.u3 / 30 March 1996; 28 years ago (1996-03-30)

Repository

www.cs.utah.edu/flux/lites/html/

Marketing target

Research

Available in

English

Update method

Compile from source code

Platforms

x86, MIPS, Alpha, PA-RISC, PC532

Kernel type

Microkernel

Default
user interface

Command-line interface

License

BSD

Official website

www.cs.utah.edu/flux/lites/html/lites-info.html

Lites is a discontinued Unix-like operating system, based on 4.4BSD and the Mach microkernel. Specifically, Lites is a multi-threaded server and emulation library that provided unix functions to a Mach-based system. At the time of its release, Lites provided binary compatibility with 4.4BSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, 386BSD, UX (4.3BSD), and Linux.[1]

Lites was originally written by Johannes Helander at Helsinki University of Technology, and was further developed by the Flux Research Group at the University of Utah.[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Helander, Johannes. "Lites 1.0 Announcement". Helsinki University of Technology. Archived from the original on 16 July 1997. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  • ^ Hibler, Mike; Clawson, Stephen (15 March 1996). "General Lites Information". University of Utah. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

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    Kernels

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