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Re: VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS

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Post by ianlevesque » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:23 AM UTC

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #10

Vitruvian asks a different question: what would I actually want to do with my computer that I currently can’t? Only be able to drag a window around the screen from the top left corner

To be fair that's one more corner than Tahoe.

Re: VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS

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Post by aaronbrethorst » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC

ianlevesque wrote: post #11

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #10

Vitruvian asks a different question: what would I actually want to do with my computer that I currently can’t? Only be able to drag a window around the screen from the top left corner

To be fair that's one more corner than Tahoe.

Touché, and such a good reminder why everyone should wait for macOS 27.

Re: VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS

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Post by xfce4 » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:31 AM UTC

kube-system wrote: post #6

asadm wrote: post #5

is there a debian distro that is close to win98. Sorta like ReactOS but can be daily-driven.

Try this: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

install it on devuan and you'll be fine

Re: VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS

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Post by rebolek » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:36 AM UTC

If you like BeOS, take a look at Haiku https://www.haiku-os.org/ , it's very nice and very usable system based directly on BeOS.

Re: VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS

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Post by ofrzeta » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:38 AM UTC

"Real-time patched Linux kernel for low-latency desktop use" - does this really make sense? I think there have been various efforts like this over the decades but as far as I remember none of them really made a huge difference for the end user.

Re: VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS

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Post by nico » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC

BeOS was such an amazing experience back in the day. It really felt magical. Too bad it got shutdown. I wonder what the evolution of it would be like today

Re: VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS

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Post by donatj » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:53 AM UTC

The important question becomes can you stack the window decoration "tabs" of different apps into a single stack of tabs like in BeOS?

Demonstrated here (animated):

https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/images/gui-images...

Re: VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS

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Post by eightman » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:53 AM UTC

nico wrote: post #16

BeOS was such an amazing experience back in the day. It really felt magical. Too bad it got shutdown. I wonder what the evolution of it would be like today

https://www.haiku-os.org/

Re: VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:57 AM UTC

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Re: VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS

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Post by pjmlp » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:58 AM UTC

rebolek wrote: post #14

If you like BeOS, take a look at Haiku https://www.haiku-os.org/ , it's very nice and very usable system based directly on BeOS.

And much better option, running the real deal, instead of some compatibility layer.