Hello system, a FreeBSD-based OS designed to resemble Mac
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HN comment order"Resemble" is a start like Elementary on Linux and other distros that mimic the "look" but never the feel. TH^Hhere is a lot of legacy PC keyboard stuff that is annoying. Here is what is missing: Global menu bar: A concept in user interface design where a system-wide widget on the screen displays the menu items (also known as “actions” in Qt) for all applications I've tried “actions” in Qt and is not at all the same feel. A positional…
Another project in this ecosystem: https://ravynos.com/
Looking at the github pages for this https://hellosystem.github.io/docs/ It looks really nice. Reminds me of MacOS X a bit, but I'm not complaining. I do hope to see a few new DE's hit the scene in the next few years that challenge our existing UX and UIs for Linux and operating systems in general. I feel like early Gnome 3 had some interesting features that I don't know if they're still on there or not. Like there was tight UI…
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-10 | Hello system, a FreeBSD-based OS designed to resemble MacFirst breakout · Best thread | gautamcgoel | 319 | 267 |
| 2021-10-03 | HelloSystem | marcodiego | 144 | 36 |
| 2023-08-25 | HelloSystem: A graphical OS built on FreeBSDLatest 20+ point return | gautamcgoel | 253 | 142 |