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Re:Gershwin-desktop: OS X-like Desktop Environment based on ... by Iridiumkoivu on Sunday January 04, 2026 @06:37AM (#46487037)
Interesting. I wonder what happened to Étoilé which was supposed to fill this niche and was chucking along fine until about 2015 or so. It got pretty far too with the underlying components.
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Re:Gershwin-desktop: OS X-like Desktop Environment based on ... by dustbunny on Sunday January 04, 2026 @01:01PM (#46490437)
It's called Haiku now I think
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Re:Gershwin-desktop: OS X-like Desktop Environment based on ... by E39M5S62 on Sunday January 04, 2026 @04:04PM (#46492198)
Haiku is an open source recreation of BeOS.
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Re:Gershwin-desktop: OS X-like Desktop Environment based on ... by mepian on Sunday January 04, 2026 @01:14PM (#46490590)
Haiku is not related to Étoilé.
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Re:Gershwin-desktop: OS X-like Desktop Environment based on ... by mepian on Sunday January 04, 2026 @01:21PM (#46490654)
At least one of the lead developers of Étoilé moved on to CHERI.
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Re:Gershwin-desktop: OS X-like Desktop Environment based on ... by GranPC on Sunday January 04, 2026 @05:08PM (#46492815)
For those wondering what CHERI is: https://cheriot.org/cheri/philosophy/isa/2025/11/19/cheri-or...
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