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It sounds to me like you are describing Linux desktops.
by johnsmth 1y ago
It sounds to me like you are describing Linux desktops.
- rbanffy 1y agoOr Windows up to Windows ME. I believe confusing UI with OS is a mistake Windows users are still paying to this day. Thanks to NeXT, Mac users don't have this torment since MacOS 9.
- sparkie 1y agoI'm assuming something more like Qubes, with proper isolation between groups of processes.
- gnramires 1y agoIt's an interesting idea, I've never tried it. It could also be a simple VM running a given OS (with reduced need for hardware support), or an application running interpreted code with the environment UI. Generally the idea is to expand UX in more interesting/fun directions without incurring significant hurdles associated with an OS (where everything needs to run reliably and be secure). I've found this quite interesting related discussion: "Classical "Single user computers" were a flawed or at least limited idea" https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/SingleUserComputerFlawed https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/SingleUserComp... (discussion on lobste.rs: https://lobste.rs/s/plkdy5/classical_single_user_computers_were https://lobste.rs/s/plkdy5/classical_single_user_computers_w...)