ExectOS – brand new operating system which derives from NT architecture

Re:ExectOS – brand new operating system which derives from N... by skissane on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @04:34AM (#40726149)

I've seen this before. Someone starts a hobby project, and then creates this elaborate public website to try to make their hobby project look really serious and professional and important – maybe as a form of public daydreaming, maybe because marketing is more fun than actually writing code, maybe because they hope collaborators will flock to their project as result of said marketing.

Personally, I much prefer those hobby projects which focus on code instead of publicity.

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Re:ExectOS – brand new operating system which derives from N... by forgotpwd16 on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @06:05AM (#40726729)

That was my first thought but, checking repo, dev has done solo work for 4 years now, and, based on IA, site is has only been recently made. So the focus for the most part has been in code.

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Re:ExectOS – brand new operating system which derives from N... by kirha on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @08:27AM (#40727615)

Git history shows 2 years of development.

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Re:ExectOS – brand new operating system which derives from N... by forgotpwd16 on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @10:34AM (#40728699)

ExectOS repo, yes, but XTChain, which is under project's umbrella and seemingly an important part of it, is 4y.

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Re:ExectOS – brand new operating system which derives from N... by velcrovan on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @10:23AM (#40728602)

I don't get that vibe at all from this site. It's an extremely concise web-1.0 style hub of simple text and links covering exactly the set of information you would hope to get out of a project like this. Nothing there seems unearned or unwarranted given the scale and history of the project.

Personally I wish more professional projects followed this school of design instead of publishing cookie-cutter landing pages slathered with hero images and feature cards.

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Re:ExectOS – brand new operating system which derives from N... by cxr on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @01:35PM (#40730490)

I just went and took a look at the site based on this comment, and oh boy.

> this elaborate public website to try to make their hobby project look really serious and professional and important

You evidently have a very low bar for what qualifies as "elaborate" and "really serious".

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