For the ancient custom for appointing a High Sheriff, see Pricking the Lites.
Operating system
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]
^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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