SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s aesthetics

Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by poisonarena on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:07PM (#19986582)

34 year old here.. about every year I set up a whole OS 9 emulation deal because of my obsession with Mac OS 9, I dont know if I am sad and dwelling on the past, but I just loved that OS so much and keep trying to get back to it and I know I am not alone. I love to see projects like these

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by asark on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:26PM (#19986712)

Screenshots of 90s operating systems are so relaxing. I miss interfaces that looked like interfaces, and distinct from content.

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by seanvk on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:46PM (#19986839)

BeOS is another one that comes to mind.

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by asark on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @08:09PM (#19987006)

That BeOS didn't become a serious, long-term contender in the desktop OS market is a sure sign we're not living in the best of all possible worlds.

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by coldacid on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @08:17PM (#19987047)

That Amiga never achieved any success outside of niche SFX markets is a sure sign we're not living in the best of all possible worlds. (Although that's more 80s than 90s.)

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday May 23, 2019 @11:17AM (#19992533)

There's a timeline out there where WindowMaker/GNUStep became the dominant desktop for Linux too.

In many ways, I think the state of modern personal computing is evidence we are, in fact, in the darkest possible timeline for it.

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by waz0wski on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @09:41PM (#19987540)

If you have not seen it, check out the BeOS-inspired Haiku

https://www.haiku-os.org/

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by santafe on Thursday May 23, 2019 @03:28AM (#19989370)

https://www.haiku-os.org/files/get-haiku/ported-software.png

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by billfruit on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @10:35PM (#19987829)

I think the early to mid 2000s Gnome had that same focus on full functionality presented with simplicity, rarely seen in today's interfaces.

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by martinflack on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @08:08PM (#19986995)

OS/2 for me.

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by city41 on Thursday May 23, 2019 @02:35AM (#19989087)

I loved the interface dearly. I miss MacOS classic and feel OSX is a step backwards in many ways, UX wise. But I don’t miss how primitive the OS itself was. Tracking down extension conflicts? Manually allocating memory? Cooperative multitasking? I’ll pass on those.

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by tbe on Friday May 24, 2019 @05:06PM (#20005291)

That's why Rhapsody was absolute peak for me. Haiku might beat it, though I'm probably stuck on Linux anyway.

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by rvense on Thursday May 23, 2019 @11:06AM (#19992427)

I'm more of a System 7 guy, but I still have two G4 towers, a G3 Powerbook, as well as some beige 68ks.

They're still useful for making music and get used for that occasionally, but I honestly love just booting them up and using the Finder. I wish I could still use them for communication somehow.

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by anthk_ on Thursday May 23, 2019 @08:54PM (#19997506)

>I wish I could still use them for communication somehow.

Bitlbee + IRC client.

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Re:SerenityOS – a graphical Unix-like OS for x86, with 90s a... by insulanus on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @11:39PM (#19988190)

A lot of good stuff happened on OS 9. There wasn't a lot of extra cruft, because programmers had to use the whole machine to implement their vision.

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