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I think the main issue is... hardware. There is a reason why I have 0 problems using linux on a raspberry PI, yet everytime I try to install in a real computer

I think the main issue is... hardware. There is a reason why I have 0 problems using linux on a raspberry PI, yet everytime I try to install in a real computer I got lying around I got a myriad of nosense problems which are particularly hard to solve. If we want a new OS we need to make it for certain platform which is always identical in terms of hardware. I would say a PS3, Steam Deck, or Nintendo Switch would be good candidates. They have plenty of identical hardware units in the market, and you could focus on the OS rather than supporting strange hardware issues. You missed my favourite from the list: ReactOS

desdenova 2y ago
Drivers are precisely the reason we only have Windows, Macos and Linux as viable options. Hardware manufacturers write Windows drivers, Linux community write drivers for basically all consumer hardware, and apple develops both the hardware and the OS with their own drivers.
- DeathArrow 2y ago
  >Drivers are precisely the reason we only have Windows, Macos and Linux as viable options That is one big issue and another one is software. Writing drivers and porting software means both time and money. How ever if a new OS would bring lots of benefits to both users and companies, it might tip the scale and make the time and money investment worthwhile. Of course, by a new OS I don't mean just another platform that ebables us to run software and use hardware, as existing OSes do that just fine. By a new operating system, I mean one that enables us to use new computing paradigm, enable new types of software to software and software to hardware interactions and would make a big disruption to the market. Something with the same kind of impact as AI or the introduction of smartphones.
  - actionfromafar 2y ago
    Everything is so fluid nowadays. Even if use-case was found, someone would find a way to run Linux on it.
    - whywhywhywhy 2y ago
      Yeah but finding a way to run it is having a hobby of debugging software and work arounds on top of your job.

desdenova 2y ago

Drivers are precisely the reason we only have Windows, Macos and Linux as viable options. Hardware manufacturers write Windows drivers, Linux community write drivers for basically all consumer hardware, and apple develops both the hardware and the OS with their own drivers.

DeathArrow 2y ago
>Drivers are precisely the reason we only have Windows, Macos and Linux as viable options That is one big issue and another one is software. Writing drivers and porting software means both time and money. How ever if a new OS would bring lots of benefits to both users and companies, it might tip the scale and make the time and money investment worthwhile. Of course, by a new OS I don't mean just another platform that ebables us to run software and use hardware, as existing OSes do that just fine. By a new operating system, I mean one that enables us to use new computing paradigm, enable new types of software to software and software to hardware interactions and would make a big disruption to the market. Something with the same kind of impact as AI or the introduction of smartphones.
- actionfromafar 2y ago
  Everything is so fluid nowadays. Even if use-case was found, someone would find a way to run Linux on it.
  - whywhywhywhy 2y ago
    Yeah but finding a way to run it is having a hobby of debugging software and work arounds on top of your job.