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RavynOS Finesse of macOS. Freedom of FreeBSD

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Re: RavynOS Finesse of macOS. Freedom of FreeBSD

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Post by latexr »

> ravynOS (previously called airyxOS)

Subjectively, I find both names terrible. There’s zero chance I’ll vocalise either to someone and they’ll know how to spell it. The current one in particular is bound to have people typing “ravenous”.

But the idea is interesting, and even though the screenshots don’t yet inspire confidence (the typeface is too thin, folder icons are too square, …) I wish the team the best of luck in making their vision come to light.

Re: RavynOS Finesse of macOS. Freedom of FreeBSD

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Post by cable2600 »

latexr wrote: post #4

> ravynOS (previously called airyxOS) Subjectively, I find both names terrible. There’s zero chance I’ll vocalise either to someone and they’ll know how to spell it. The current one in particular is bound to have people typing “ravenous”. But the idea is interesting, and even though the screenshots don’t yet inspire confidence (the typeface is too thin, folder icons are too square, …) I wish the team the best of luck…

It is still in pre-release and being worked out. It doesn't run in VirtualBox or VMWare because there is no driver for video on it for the virtual machines.

Re: RavynOS Finesse of macOS. Freedom of FreeBSD

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Post by ianai »

cable2600 wrote: post #3
ianai wrote: post #2

This looks very promising! Thinking of putting it on something.

MacOS App support isn't there yet. It supports only a few apps. Test out a copy and give them feedback please, thank you.

It’s a really good idea since apple is abandoning its x86 software. It’s an opening for FOSS to pull in new GUI frameworks/features. Could really help gain userbase.

Re: RavynOS Finesse of macOS. Freedom of FreeBSD

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Post by cable2600 »

ianai wrote: post #6
cable2600 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MacOS App support isn't there yet. It supports only a few apps. Test out a copy and give them feedback please, thank you.

It’s a really good idea since apple is abandoning its x86 software. It’s an opening for FOSS to pull in new GUI frameworks/features. Could really help gain userbase.

They use FreeBSD and Darwin open-source code. Darwin is the core of MacOS with the XNU/MACH Kernel. So they are doing nothing wrong that Apple can sue them over it. The trick is writing the code that does what the Non-Open-Source code of MacOS does to run the Mac Apps.
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