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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 https://www.you

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGxt-tQ5BtM Great job!

Gualdrapo 5y ago
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.
- nsonha 5y ago
  I really think tabbing should be the job of the DE, I hate having different shortcuts for switching windows and switching tabs.
yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
The "open a window and then put an application in it" thing reminds me of Plan 9; in that case, IIRC, you open windows and they start as a terminal, but if you execute anything else the new program just "inherits" the same window.
- yiyus 5y ago
  Slightly similar in practice, but very different concept. In Plan 9, every process draws interacting with a screen file (in fact, it is a whole filesystem, also including keyboard, mouse, control files, ...). What rio, the Plan 9 window manager, does is to "multiplex" this screen file (again, file system) so that each process has its own screen which does not correspond to the physical monitor, but to a window. An uncommon feature that derives from this design is that you can run a new rio instance inside a rio window. More important, you can just connect to other machines and interact with their windowing filesystems, getting network transparency "for free".
sneak 5y ago
Oh wow, the file picker has a thumbnail view. That's a pretty advanced feature!
blondin 5y ago
incredible work indeed. kudos to the author! there is definitely a place for operating systems like this one in the future. the author is creating something many of us want: a system where the user is in control of their computer! fancy that! imagine not having to go retro but having total control of a modern machine. i hope the author pulls this off.

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGxt-tQ5BtM Great job!

Gualdrapo 5y ago

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.

nsonha 5y ago
I really think tabbing should be the job of the DE, I hate having different shortcuts for switching windows and switching tabs.

yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago

The "open a window and then put an application in it" thing reminds me of Plan 9; in that case, IIRC, you open windows and they start as a terminal, but if you execute anything else the new program just "inherits" the same window.

yiyus 5y ago
Slightly similar in practice, but very different concept. In Plan 9, every process draws interacting with a screen file (in fact, it is a whole filesystem, also including keyboard, mouse, control files, ...). What rio, the Plan 9 window manager, does is to "multiplex" this screen file (again, file system) so that each process has its own screen which does not correspond to the physical monitor, but to a window. An uncommon feature that derives from this design is that you can run a new rio instance inside a rio window. More important, you can just connect to other machines and interact with their windowing filesystems, getting network transparency "for free".

sneak 5y ago

Oh wow, the file picker has a thumbnail view. That's a pretty advanced feature!

blondin 5y ago

incredible work indeed. kudos to the author! there is definitely a place for operating systems like this one in the future. the author is creating something many of us want: a system where the user is in control of their computer! fancy that! imagine not having to go retro but having total control of a modern machine. i hope the author pulls this off.