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+===================================
+# 0: General Information
+===================================
+
+- ABI and Format: PEF/PE32+.
+- Kernel architecture: Microkernel.
+- Language: C++/(Assembly (AMD64, X64000, X86S, ARM64, PowerPC, RISCV))
+
+===================================
+# 1: The NewKernel
+===================================
+
+- Drive/Device Abstraction.
+- SMP, Preemptive Multi Threading.
+- Separation of Files/Devices.
+- Networking.
+- Hardware Abstraction Layer.
+- Native Filesystem support (NewFS, FAT32 and HCFS).
+- Program Loaders.
+- Thread Local Storage.
+- Semaphore, Locks, Timers.
+- Canary mechanisms.
+- Dynamic Libraries.
+- Cross Platform.
+- Permission Selectors.
+
+===================================
+# 2: The Filesystem
+===================================
+
+- Catalog based with forks.
+- Large storage support.
+- Long file names.
+- UNIX path style.
+
+==================================
+# 3: Common naming conventions:
+==================================
+
+- Kernel -> ke_init_x
+- RunTime -> rt_copy_mem
+- Hal -> hal_foo_bar
+
+===================================
+# 4: The NewBoot
+===================================
+
+- Capable of booting from a network drive.
+- Loads a PE file which is the kernel
+- Sanity checks, based on the number of sections.
+- Handover compliant.
+- Does check for a valid invalid of NewOS (useful in the case of recovering)
+