# \#operating-system **URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/tag/operating-system/211.md [Latest](https://discourse.julialang.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.julialang.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.julialang.org/tags.md) --- ## [Read/write locks and wait/wake on atomics: are there Julia futexes?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/read-write-locks-and-wait-wake-on-atomics-are-there-julia-futexes/130602)
**Author:** [@iago-lito](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/iago-lito)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/read-write-locks-and-wait-wake-on-atomics-are-there-julia-futexes/130602 "2025-07-10T11:08:57Z")
I wished there was a read-write lock in Julia but I couldn’t find any. But there are atomics so I figured I could write one myself, inspiring from this (inspiring) book on the nasty-gritty low-level details of concurrenc… --- ## [Can Julia detect that it is running in headless machine?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-julia-detect-that-it-is-running-in-headless-machine/119696)
**Author:** [@HMegh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HMegh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-julia-detect-that-it-is-running-in-headless-machine/119696 "2024-09-22T16:53:00Z")
Hi, I have a small project that I am running on my computer, as well as on a remote server. On my laptop, I typically use Plots.jl or Makie.jl for visualization, but on the server I am typically interested in saving my … --- ## [Best Operating System for the Juliaverse](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-operating-system-for-the-juliaverse/62795)
**Author:** [@HexSpin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HexSpin)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-operating-system-for-the-juliaverse/62795 "2023-08-10T12:40:53Z")
I’m replacing my vintage Mac Pros with a 5950x build and leaving OSX behind (sadly). I’ve installed the Windows 10 that I purchased the day I bought the PC parts… but… I dunno. On another thread @stillyslalom suggested … --- ## [Should Julia be a systems language?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-julia-be-a-systems-language/84861)
**Author:** [@kodintent](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kodintent)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-julia-be-a-systems-language/84861 "2022-07-28T01:05:30Z")
This is a rather speculative post about Julia being used for building systems from scratch, as an alternative to ‘the C way’. Recently i spent some time learning Rust, as it infers it can be systems programming ‘for all… --- ## [Performance slowdown on AMD with Windows10 compared to Intel with Linux (arch)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/performance-slowdown-on-amd-with-windows10-compared-to-intel-with-linux-arch/82180)
**Author:** [@Tambu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tambu)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/performance-slowdown-on-amd-with-windows10-compared-to-intel-with-linux-arch/82180 "2022-06-03T21:42:23Z")
Update, TL;DR: the problem is the AMD processor, or the combination AMD+windows. Not Windows itself as on the same laptop, same version of julia (1.7.3), performance are similar. Hi all, I have two setups, as the title… --- ## [Receive callback if computer wakes from sleep on Windows](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/receive-callback-if-computer-wakes-from-sleep-on-windows/81015)
**Author:** [@taotree](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/taotree)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/receive-callback-if-computer-wakes-from-sleep-on-windows/81015 "2022-05-13T12:59:21Z")
I’d like to get a callback when the computer wakes from sleep on Microsoft Windows. I see there are Windows APIs for this: and I’m a little familiar with calling c code but it’s talking about windows applications, servic… --- ## [How to check if a pid is currently running?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-check-if-a-pid-is-currently-running/76908)
**Author:** [@taotree](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/taotree)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-check-if-a-pid-is-currently-running/76908 "2022-02-22T18:27:39Z")
I want to confirm that a specific program is running. The other program can write its pid to a file, so I can read that. Is there an existing API (not platform specific) in Julia to confirm that a certain pid (or process… --- ## [Extracting Julia zip file doesn't create ~/juliax.x.x/lib/julia/sys.so automatically](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extracting-julia-zip-file-doesnt-create-juliax-x-x-lib-julia-sys-so-automatically/41086)
**Author:** [@Hasan\_Em](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Hasan_Em)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extracting-julia-zip-file-doesnt-create-juliax-x-x-lib-julia-sys-so-automatically/41086 "2020-06-10T08:08:53Z")
Hello, I’m trying to install Julia locally in a 64-bit online IDE (MimirIDE) but after downloading and extracting Julia folder: sudo wget https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/1.4/julia-1.4.2-linux-x86\_64.ta… --- ## [What does your (private) computing setup look like?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-does-your-private-computing-setup-look-like/38230)
**Author:** [@helgee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/helgee)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-does-your-private-computing-setup-look-like/38230 "2020-05-03T03:42:03Z")
Hi folks, due to the current suboptimal state of the universe I am spending a lot of time in front of my computer(s) at home and looking for ways to streamline my setup. Since I am also struggling with severe analysis p… --- ## [Julia on Solaris/SPARC?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-on-solaris-sparc/9634)
**Author:** [@tk3369](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tk3369)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-on-solaris-sparc/9634 "2018-03-10T21:08:14Z")
Is it possible to run Julia on Solaris/SPARC platform?