Enso OS: A simple operating system for everyone, able run on any machine

But less waste. How much until one cancel another is hard to tell.

At the minimum, it needs to be compatible with Android's HAL

Like crushing an old car and replacing it is more damaging to the climate/environment than keeping an old car going. Even if that older car is far less fuel efficient than the modern alternative. Same goes for all hardware... generally.

The future of Linux "distros" seems to be merely theme packs on top other existing distros. Include OS in the name and say it's meant for everyone. Just like Xubuntu, just like Enso OS, just like Ubuntu, just like Debian.

When I look at ElementryOS, PopOS, PureOS, Etc...OS they all seem to ignore the irony that someone savvy enough to discover an obscure distro might not need everything to be a user friendly macOS-esque experience. It's rehashed, conceited, and insignificant. I could take Ubuntu Mate and tweak it with conky, i3wm and call it whateverOS, but I wont because I know anyone who ever found it could easily do the same first themselves. That's the great thing about Linux that we keep ignoring. Most people dont care about your config setup, it's still Ubuntu at th end of the day.

I'd argue that community developed *nix systems without corporate funding will never be for the masses. If you want to make an impact on Linux, fix upstream instead of adding onto the heap with abandoned projects that attempt to make the lives easier for a consumer demographic that has other interests than the OS that runs their internet browser and word processor.

> someone savvy enough to discover an obscure distro might not need everything to be a user friendly macOS-esque experience

Some of these savvy people discover these OS's and think they might be a perfect fit for their non-savvy relatives.

However once you (need to) go just a little step beyond the bounds of what the OS creator set for you everything simple comes crumbling down again and you are stuck with the complicated mess that is the Linux Desktop where freedom and customization is both its greatest feature and its greatest weakness.