diff --git a/src/zutil/zutil/osal/OSAbstractionLayer.java b/src/zutil/zutil/osal/OSAbstractionLayer.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 ezivkoc
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package zutil.zutil.osal;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+
+/**
+ * User: Ziver
+ */
+public abstract class OSAbstractionLayer {
+    public static enum OSType{
+        Windows, Linux, MacOS, Unix
+    }
+
+    // Variables
+    private static OSAbstractionLayer instance;
+
+    public OSAbstractionLayer getInstance(){
+        if(instance == null)
+            instance = getAbstractionLayer();
+        return instance;
+    }
+
+    private OSAbstractionLayer getAbstractionLayer(){
+        String os = System.getProperty("os.name");
+        if     (os.contains("Linux"))   return new OsalLinuxImpl();
+        else if(os.contains("Windows")) return new OsalWindowsImpl();
+        else                            return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Executes a command and returns the result
+     *
+     * @param   cmd             the command to run
+     * @return the first line of the output of the command or null if there where no output
+     */
+    protected String runCommand(String cmd) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+        LinkedList<String> output = runCommand(cmd, 0, 1);
+        if(!output.isEmpty())
+            return output.getFirst();
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Executes a command and returns the result
+     *
+     * @param   cmd             the command to run
+     * @param   offsetLine      the number of lines to skip at the beginning
+     * @return the first line after the offset of the output of the command or null if there where no output
+     */
+    protected String runCommand(String cmd, int offsetLine) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+        LinkedList<String> output = runCommand(cmd, offsetLine, 1);
+        if(!output.isEmpty())
+            return output.getFirst();
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Executes a command and returns the result
+     *
+     * @param   cmd             the command to run
+     * @param   offsetLine      the number of lines to skip at the beginning
+     * @param   lineCount       the number of lines to read
+     * @return a String list of the output of the command
+     */
+    protected LinkedList<String> runCommand(String cmd, int offsetLine, int lineCount) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+        Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
+        Process proc = runtime.exec( cmd );
+        proc.waitFor();
+        BufferedReader output = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(proc.getInputStream()));
+
+        LinkedList<String> ret = new LinkedList<String>();
+        String line = "";
+        for(int i=0; (line = output.readLine()) != null &&
+                (lineCount <= 0 || i < offsetLine+lineCount); i++) {
+            if(i >= offsetLine)
+                ret.addLast(line);
+        }
+        output.close();
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the generic type of the OS
+     */
+    public abstract OSType getOSType();
+
+    /**
+     * @return a more specific OS or distribution name e.g "ubuntu", "suse", "windows"
+     */
+    public abstract String getOSName();
+
+    /**
+     * @return the OS version e.g windows: "vista", "7"; ubuntu: "10.4", "12.10"
+     */
+    public abstract String getOSVersion();
+
+    public abstract String getKernelVersion();
+
+    /**
+     * @return the name of the current user
+     */
+    public abstract String getUsername();
+
+    /**
+     * @return the path to the root folder for the current users configuration files e.g Linux: "/home/$USER"
+     */
+    public abstract File getUserConfigPath();
+
+    /**
+     * @return the path to the global configuration folder e.g Linux: "/etc
+     */
+    public abstract File getGlobalConfigPath();
+}
diff --git a/src/zutil/zutil/osal/OsalLinuxImpl.java b/src/zutil/zutil/osal/OsalLinuxImpl.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 ezivkoc
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package zutil.zutil.osal;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * User: Ziver
+ */
+public class OsalLinuxImpl extends OSAbstractionLayer {
+    @Override
+    public OSType getOSType() {
+        return OSType.Linux;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getOSName() {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getOSVersion() {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getKernelVersion() {
+        try{
+            return super.runCommand("uname -r");
+        } catch(Exception e){
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getUsername() {
+        try{
+            return super.runCommand("whoami");
+        } catch(Exception e){
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public File getUserConfigPath() {
+        return new File("/home/"+getUsername());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public File getGlobalConfigPath() {
+        return new File("/etc");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/zutil/zutil/osal/OsalWindowsImpl.java b/src/zutil/zutil/osal/OsalWindowsImpl.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 ezivkoc
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package zutil.zutil.osal;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * User: ezivkoc
+ */
+public class OsalWindowsImpl extends OSAbstractionLayer {
+    @Override
+    public String getOSType() {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getOSName() {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getOSVersion() {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getKernelVersion() {
+        return runCommand("ver");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getUsername() {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public File getUserConfigPath() {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public File getGlobalConfigPath() {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+}