May 2026 Status Update

It’s been two and a half months since the last update. Some of the changes made during that time include:

• Refactoring libdesktop, libgfx, the desktop environment, PS/2 drivers, and more.
• Switching syscalls to use the syscall instruction.
• Adding initial APIC support.
• Implementing a crt0.
• Improving debug logging.
• Adding support for passing arguments from the bootloader to the kernel.
• Adding support for loading TTF fonts.
• Enabling compression for both the kernel and the initrd.

What’s next

I’m currently working on BlitzUI, an immediate-mode UI library that will eventually be used for GUI applications on MONOLITH.

So my plans for June include:

• Finishing up BlitzUI.
• Porting MONOLITH to 32-bit x86.
• Implementing some desktop GUI applications.