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It's a fake OS in the sense that it's actually an application, not something that can be ran as an operating system like Linux or Windows. I've been a bit caref
by popcar2 3y ago
It's a fake OS in the sense that it's actually an application, not something that can be ran as an operating system like Linux or Windows. I've been a bit careful with my wording when advertising this, I wouldn't want to give the wrong impression.
- xeonmc 3y agoWould "desktop environment" be a more appropriate description?
- lpointal 3y agoYes
- popcar2 3y agoAbsolutely, but I feel like it's a technical term that might be hard to understand or advertise. When I explained the project to my non-technical friends before showing them, I told them "Ah, it's like an operating system" and they generally understood what I'm going for.
- bee_rider 3y agoIs it a desktop environment in the Gnome or KDE sense? I didn’t see any third party programs in your trailer video so I guess you can only run your built-in “programs,” right? So I would say it is not really a desktop environment… I’m not sure what the technical definition is, but I must have something to do with acting as an environment to draw other programs. Calling it a fake OS was, IMO, s great choice for avoiding confusion. Maybe something like Concept-OS or Desktop Environment Mockup could be good names if you want to be fancy. How hard would it be to include a terminal emulator? You’d get a lot of functionality for free, there!
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- bee_rider 3y agoDesktop Environment is already taken by systems like Gnome and KDE. This is more like a mockup. The “concept car” of desktop environments. It is quite neat.
- im3w1l 3y agoSounds like a shell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_%28computing%29#Graphical_shells https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_%28computing%29#Graphica...
- z3phyr 3y agoIs Pharo/SmallTalk/Interlisp a fake OS?
- hyperhopper 3y agoIs anything that needs a kernel to run also a fake OS? Or drivers/bios/etc.