<s>
xOSL	B-Application
(	O
meaning	O
Extended	O
Operating	O
System	O
Loader	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
bootloader	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
xOSL	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Geurt	O
Vos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
xOSL	B-Application
is	O
free	O
software	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL-2.0-only	B-License
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
its	O
origin	O
in	O
xOSL	B-Application
version	O
1.0.0	O
,	O
xOSL	B-Application
underwent	O
major	O
changes	O
in	O
ver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
xOSL	B-Application
ver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
lapsed	O
into	O
a	O
dormant	O
state	O
and	O
was	O
abandoned	O
by	O
its	O
original	O
developer	O
from	O
2001	O
to	O
2007	O
.	O
xOSL	B-Application
remained	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
and	O
use	O
throughout	O
this	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
active	O
product	O
development	O
,	O
an	O
enthusiastic	O
community	O
of	O
xOSL	B-Application
users	O
began	O
exchanging	O
ideas	O
and	O
product	O
results	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Yahoo	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
groups	O
became	O
the	O
foundation	O
of	O
the	O
'	O
xOSL	B-Application
Culture	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
xOSL	B-Application
groups	O
assisted	O
fellow	O
members	O
with	O
advice	O
and	O
accomplishments	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
xOSL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
original	O
xOSL	B-Application
web	O
site	O
expired	O
it	O
was	O
mirrored	O
in	O
multiple	O
locations	O
by	O
Filip	O
Komar	O
and	O
Mikhail	O
Ranish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
revisions	O
included	O
the	O
translation	O
of	O
xOSL	B-Application
into	O
several	O
different	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
German	O
,	O
Czech	O
and	O
French	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XOSL-OW	O
is	O
an	O
Open	B-Application
Watcom	I-Application
Port	O
of	O
XOSL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
XOSL	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Geurt	O
Vos	O
using	O
the	O
Borland	B-Application
C++	I-Application
3.1	O
tool	O
set	O
while	O
XOSL-OW	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Watcom	I-Application
version	O
1.8	O
tool	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XOSL-OW	O
Open	B-Application
Watcom	I-Application
Port	O
allows	O
for	O
future	O
development	O
of	O
XOSL	B-Application
using	O
an	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
development	O
tool	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XOSL-OW	O
has	O
no	O
new	O
functionality	O
compared	O
to	O
XOSL	B-Application
but	O
it	O
does	O
give	O
improved	O
behavior	O
on	O
specific	O
PC	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
stability	O
issues	O
with	O
XOSL	B-Application
on	O
some	O
PC	O
platforms	O
have	O
been	O
the	O
reason	O
for	O
porting	O
XOSL	B-Application
to	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Watcom	I-Application
tool	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launching	O
the	O
Ranish	B-Application
Partition	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
from	O
within	O
the	O
XOSL	B-Application
boot	B-Application
manager	I-Application
(	O
Ctrl-P	O
)	O
results	O
in	O
a	O
non-responsive	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Booting	O
into	O
the	O
Smart	O
Boot	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
used	O
to	O
support	O
booting	O
from	O
CD/DVD	O
)	O
results	O
in	O
a	O
non-responsive	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Booting	O
into	O
Linux	B-Application
using	O
the	O
XOSL	B-Application
boot	B-Application
manager	I-Application
is	O
not	O
successful	O
because	O
of	O
a	O
non-responsive	O
keyboard	O
after	O
the	O
XOSL	B-Application
boot	B-Application
manager	I-Application
hands	O
over	O
control	O
to	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
boot	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
XOSL-OW	O
these	O
stability	O
issues	O
have	O
been	O
solved	O
by	O
an	O
improved	O
A20	B-Device
line	I-Device
switching	O
algorithm	O
and	O
flushing	O
the	O
keyboard	O
buffer	O
before	O
the	O
XOSL	B-Application
boot	B-Application
manager	I-Application
hands	O
over	O
control	O
to	O
either	O
the	O
Ranish	B-Application
Partition	I-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Smart	O
Boot	B-Application
Manager	I-Application
or	O
the	O
Operating	O
System	O
Bootloader	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
xOSL	B-Application
is	O
capable	O
of	O
booting	O
operating	O
systems	O
from	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
format	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
