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Another angle to look at this is ravynOS, a desktop OS that could attract people interested in MacOS. The project is based on FreeBSD and has lots of customizat
by evanjrowley 2y ago
Another angle to look at this is ravynOS, a desktop OS that could attract people interested in MacOS. The project is based on FreeBSD and has lots of customization to provide a familiar desktop experience. While the main site hasn't been updated for a while, the GitHub has a release from this year.
https://ravynos.com/ https://ravynos.com/
https://github.com/ravynsoft/ravynos https://github.com/ravynsoft/ravynos
- ebiester 2y agoThat project misses the forest for the trees. What matters is that I have a setup I can buy that just works. Applications behave consistently. I don’t have to worry that some major software isn’t compatible. That’s a much higher barrier but it’s the important one.
- evanjrowley 2y agoBetween the FreeBSD foundation's investment in Bluetooth / WiFi (mentioned in OP's post) and this goal of ravynOS, what specific things are being missed here? Please share your insights! Trivial macOS and Darwin applications may run directly on ravynOS. This is an active area of work and research. AppKit-based source code may build and run natively.
- giantrobot 2y agoPower management and proper trackpad support (gestures, multitouch, etc) will be major stumbling blocks. There's also effectively zero projects that target only AppKit. GNUStep has been around for almost 30 years and has not gained any momentum on the Linux desktop.
- ranger_danger 2y agoI am very worried that as soon as ravynOS gets popular, a giant lawsuit from Apple, possibly over the UI or something else, will force it to stop development forever. If I was working on a project like that I would be doing it completely anonymously.