HelloSystem: A graphical OS built on FreeBSD

Re:HelloSystem: A graphical OS built on FreeBSD by BoppreH on Friday August 25, 2023 @04:10PM (#37266450)

Or bring back skins[0]! Have software read textures from areas in a big image, then let the user replace the image. Forest theme for Microsoft Teams! SciFi file explorer!

I tried using MidJourney to generate exaggerated UI themes (not skins, just general themes for inspiration), but the results were disappointing. They were always gorgeous[1], but my prompt engineering skills couldn't coax it to use space efficiently.

[0]: https://skins.webamp.org/

[1] https://i.imgur.com/5KC2u7J.png

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Re:HelloSystem: A graphical OS built on FreeBSD by doubled112 on Friday August 25, 2023 @04:50PM (#37266862)

Part of me really misses those days, and another part of me is screaming “please no” internally.

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Re:HelloSystem: A graphical OS built on FreeBSD by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday August 25, 2023 @07:30PM (#37268334)

this approach does not allow UI scaling, because the UI is made up of pixels.

the open source modular synthesis software VCV Rack has a UI composed entirely of SVG descriptions (even though 95% of the UI is provided by 3rd party modules that get loaded into the main program). They can look like anything you want, but the result is an infinitely (more or less) zoomable/scalable UI.

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