From 51e26758eed0d40491fcfced96f315ea9883aa32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: boreddevnl <chris@boreddev.nl>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:43:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: added a BoredOS boot banner for kterm

---
 src/core/main.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index 31a7615..2cc7d20 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -172,6 +172,39 @@ void log_fail(const char *msg) {
     serial_write("\n");
 }
 
+static void print_verbose_boot_banner(void) {
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFFB589D6);
+    serial_write("==================== ");
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFFFFFFFF);
+    serial_write("__    ____  ____ \n");
+
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFFB589D6);
+    serial_write("=================== ");
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFFFFFFFF);
+    serial_write("/ /_  / __ \\/ ___\\\n");
+
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFF569CD6);
+    serial_write("================== ");
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFFFFFFFF);
+    serial_write("/ __ \\/ / / /\\___ \\\n");
+
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFF569CD6);
+    serial_write("================= ");
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFFFFFFFF);
+    serial_write("/ /_/ / /_/ /____/ /\n");
+
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFF4EC9B0);
+    serial_write("================ ");
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFFFFFFFF);
+    serial_write("/_.___/\\____//_____/ \n");
+
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFF4EC9B0);
+    serial_write("===============                       \n");
+
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFFFFFFFF);
+    serial_write("\n");
+}
+
 
 // Kernel Entry Point
 
@@ -264,6 +297,10 @@ void kmain(void) {
     idt_register_interrupts();
     idt_load();
     log_ok("IDT ready");
+    print_verbose_boot_banner();
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFFFFFF55);
+    serial_write("Welcome to BoredOS!\n");
+    kconsole_set_color(0xFFFFFFFF);
 
     process_init();