> I just don't get the fascination with this idea

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> this is well made and a fun project to develop

Yeah and that "desktop paradigm" gets old

I need my custom awesomewm desktop now

Also putero means whore house in spanish.

That's the biggest issue I have with these. They're cool and all, but they're starting to get old. I like how they're including a little "SDK for bulding apps in this fake OS", which is a bit new, but I'd be way more invested in something like a HyperTerm-inspired Portfolio Project or UI Library.

What I don't understand is why they all go full classic OS demo, with always the same suite of basic apps (note, paint, photo...)

Why not build (complex but specific) SaaS applications that just leverage OS designs paradigms on the frontend (taskbar, windows, notifications, desktop, icons..) inside the same tab?

What if the OS-like apps where open plugins that will augment that SaaS?

Here i thought HNES was HN for NES, disappointing at first, but then this kind of looks great… thx for posting

There's also https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news which has more recent commits

I had an idea like this for a university design (Not really centered in design, more on design methodology and research) class. At first I thought of designing a fully customizable, plugin-based EMS (Like Moodle), then my teacher told me to try and make it bigger, so I designed an app platform where there's only extensions and the UI is fully yours, kinda like Notion Enhancer [1] or Better Discord [2], but without the base app.

[1] https://notion-enhancer.github.io/ [2] https://betterdiscord.app/