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A lot of effort, but besides the nostalgia effect I don't see how anyone could take something like this seriously for everyday use. After using a multitude of w
by encryptluks2 5y ago
A lot of effort, but besides the nostalgia effect I don't see how anyone could take something like this seriously for everyday use. After using a multitude of window managers on Linux, it just doesn't make much sense to me to go backwards rather than forwards.
- joeberon 5y agoThe benefit is that you basically have full control over the entire OS. If a modern software on linux wants to fix a bug caused by the windowing system, they cannot just go in and do a straightforward PR on it without learning that entire community and vast project. In Serenity, most of it can be understood by most programmers. I personally fixed a bug in the volume applet that required adding a new IPC message to the windowing system. This kind of full stack control is rarely seen in an open source context, and so it has a lot of potential.
- plorntus 5y agoIt's not for actual everyday use (afaik it never will be either), it's built for those that want to build and explore a from scratch OS.
- pjmlp 5y agoIt isn't yet another POSIX clone, that is the main difference from Linux right there.