SerenityOS is a love letter to '90s user interfaces
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HN comment orderHello friends! I'm the original author of SerenityOS and it's a lovely surprise to see it on the front page of HN :^) This project has been quite the journey for me, from starting it from scratch ~3 years ago, to quitting my job ~3 months ago to focus on this full time. [1] It's also grown from a 1-man project into a bustling open source community with 475 contributors and counting. If anyone has questions about the system I'm…
The UI in terms of space and usability looks great. Two "modern" things I don't want to miss: Good font rendering and a fast application launcher (mod -> type a few characters -> enter). What I dislike the most on modern UI, and maybe absolutely hate, are all those super slow animations. Just gimme the damn thing, I don't need those animations. (Yes I know on most plattforms I can disable them, but this often takes quite a few steps)
Hello friends! It's always nice to see SerenityOS posted. :) (Note: The serenityos.org website is pretty barebones, there's a lot more information over in the GitHub repo.[1]) I'm the principal author of the system, although it has grown quite a lot since it was first seen on HN back in March of 2019.[2] The system now has its own HTTPS-capable web browser, JavaScript engine, and many other applications under development. Over 180 people have contributed changes and we there's active…
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-21 | SerenityOS: A love letter to '90s user interfaces with a Unix-like core | bpierre | 17 | 1 |
| 2021-03-25 | SerenityOS | kaeruct | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-08-17 | SerenityOS: Graphical Unix-like operating system with classic 90s UIFirst breakout · Best thread | Santosh83 | 296 | 129 |
| 2023-11-30 | SerenityOS – a love letter to '90s user interfaces with a custom Unix-like core | notpushkin | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-04-03 | SerenityOS | segasaturn | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-04-22 | SerenityOS is a love letter to '90s user interfacesHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | doener | 184 | 194 |