I really think this is impressive. I also like the unique take on windowing. There's a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGxt-tQ5BtM Great job!
Oh wow, the file picker has a thumbnail view. That's a pretty advanced feature!
Essence: Desktop operating system built from scratch
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#22> Essence will happily run on low-powered hardware The thing is, when I see a mention of "low-powered hardware", I'm instantly thinking of a Raspberry Pi 4. I assume this isn't supported (yet).
I have multiple RPi devices but I don't really think of it when I heard "low-powered hardware", I think of a low end laptop from ~2010.
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#23What is a "desktop operating system"? Why do you need to reinvent operating system when all you create is a (rather traditional looking) desktop environment?
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#24I like the UI, but I'm disappointed to find that the author is using orthodox C++ instead Modern C++
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#25This is an amazing piece of work, but it's clearly a labor of love: this isn't going to have any real-world use any time soon.
Where operating systems are headed is more towards security (process isolation, bulletproof input etc), not lightweight GUIs on top of thin kernels like this.
Are there any passion (or other) projects that explore this? I know about Qubes, but that's more like a heavy layer on top of a heavy duty GUI, on top of a Linux kernel.
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#26I really think this is impressive. I also like the unique take on windowing. There's a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGxt-tQ5BtM Great job!
I recall KDE4 had sort of the same feature, tabbing windows. Haiku has a similar approach too. Though here they're taking it a little step further. Was more impressed with the USB unplug/replug thing and the "live update" on renaming files. Pretty cool.
I really think tabbing should be the job of the DE, I hate having different shortcuts for switching windows and switching tabs.
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#27I like the UI, but I'm disappointed to find that the author is using orthodox C++ instead Modern C++
What do you mean by "orthodox C++"?
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#28Here’s to all the people who make their own operating systems. It’s great to see what a unified vision and some offbeat thinking can produce.
it's neat. there's like a whole indie os dev scene these days. kinda like when people used write os gui shell fanfiction, now they're writing their own novels with kernels from scratch and everything.
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#30This is an amazing piece of work, but it's clearly a labor of love: this isn't going to have any real-world use any time soon. Where operating systems are headed is more towards security (process isolation, bulletproof input etc), not lightweight GUIs on top of thin kernels like this. Are there any passion (or other) projects that explore this? I know about Qubes, but that's more like a heavy layer on top of a heavy…
Spectrum OS, meant be a more usable upgrade from Qubes. Based on NixOS. Currently stuck on plumbing problems. https://spectrum-os.org/
Bheem OS, "a next generation secure operating system." Inspired some by Spectrum. So new they can't keep their blog online. Here's a snapshot of a recent blog post about the security features https://blog.openw3b.org/crosvm-for-os-and-app-virtualizatio...