---
name: "VisualOS"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "visualos"
version: "1.0.5-1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/VisualOS"
---

# VisualOS(1)

Educational Visual Simulator of Operating an System.

## NAME

VisualOS - Educational Visual Simulator of Operating an System.

## SYNOPSIS

**VisualOS** \[*OPTION*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**VisualOS** is an educational visual simulator of an operating system for GNOME/GTK+.

It represents a working operating system visualy allowing the user to select the different algorithms to use for each of the simulated subsystems: CPU, Memory and disk I/O.

GNOME options

- **--disable-sound**

  Disable sound server usage

- **--enable-sound**

  Enable sound server usage

- **--espeaker**=*HOSTNAME*:PORT

  Host:port on which the sound server to use is running

**--version**

Help options

- \-?, **--help**

  Show this help message

- **--usage**

  Display brief usage message

General Options

- **--CPU-display**=*DISPLAY*

  X display to use for CPU

- **--MEM-display**=*DISPLAY*

  X display to use for MEM

- **--CLOCK-display**=*DISPLAY*

  X display to use for CLOCK

- **--REQUESTOR-display**=*DISPLAY*

  X display to use for REQUESTOR

- **--IO-display**=*DISPLAY*

  X display to use for IO

## AUTHOR

Manuel Estrada Sainz \<ranty@debian.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2000,2003 Manuel Estrada Sainz \<ranty@debian.org\> This  is  free software; see the source for copying condi- tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **VisualOS** is maintained as SGML source and located in directory *docs* of the distribution tarball. Documentation is also available in PDF, PostScript and HTML from the download section of the project's page at sourceforge:

*http://sourceforge.net/projects/visualos*