Looks somewhat vibe-coded. How much of this is independent work? If it's actually faithful graphic design and integrated, well-thought out code with a bit of Claude glue on top then I'm fairly intrigued, but if the entire thing was built with llm tooling then that does unfortunately sap my interest in this a lot.
I do love the idea though. I do also hate the fact that if I saw a project like this six or seven years ago I'd be in awe at it, but now that there's far less effort required, I just go, "oh neat, eh, but how functional is it really" and move on.
i think it would be difficult to learn how to reproduce certain phenomena that the models often exhibit. this article breaks down some of them: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50223647
I am really really bad with spelling and grammer. If AI writes what i need to say without adding or taking away facts, its better for both of us that is use it.
Writing is a skill. Use it or lose it. You've set yourself on the track of being perpetually unable to communicate in your own words without a machine intermediary massaging your ideas into grey paste. It's not good for you or your readers.
(This doesn't mean we're against using AI tools, coding agents, etc. We use them heavily ourselves! We just don't want generated or AI-edited text on HN itself.)
I'm glad you had a lot of fun and I think it looks like a neat project.
I think that there is certainly room for people to develop software because it makes them happy.
I will take a look at it at some point- Thanks.
Have you been able to handle drag-and-drop?
That's one of the places that I think Linux desktops have traditionally had a lot of difficulty, particularly compared to Macos 9, because you're dragging and dropping complex objects across multiple tool kits, etc..
I really dont understand the rudeness. I've put a lot of work into this OS as my daily driver and because its been working for me so well I decided to make it public incase other people want to enjoy it as well. Its all in the README. I am not even the one who posted this here. You can simply move on and ignore this project. What are you accomplishing here?
I did not want to sound rude, sorry for the lack of tone. I am happy for you that you managed to craft a "fits like a glove" solution for yourself.
However, while I would love to use such an environment on my desktops, I'd rather use something that is handmade and properly maintained rather than someone's personal tool.
This is a fantastic project thank you for making it. All those complaining about AI probably aren’t developers and even worse those who think AI written detection tools work. Just ignore the naysayers
I swear projects exactly like this were EVERYWHERE like 25 years ago. Couldn't throw a rock on the internet and not hit a MacOS Platinum theme/simulation layer for any given OS.
I used one for Windows back in the day that somehow successfully lifted the file menus (well for most apps) from your apps to the top of the screen.
Very cool, I absolutely love the copland/system7/8/9 look. For some reason I'm more skeptical of something like this than grassmunk's Platinum9[1] theme or the like. I have an old macbook with mint(?) and this theme on it, but it's so out of date that I'm scared to use that too.
This looks neat. My partner was just wishing for the os9 interface but more than a theme on Linux, so if it's been properly tested as a daily driver she may well get some use out of it on her laptop. We'll see!
I've been using it on a 2013 and 2009 macbook pros and its surprisingly fast on all of them. Its built on Debian Linux with a mac os like finder shell called the sniffer that hides all the unix and replaces it with a more familier feel.
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[ 0.24 ms ] story [ 32.0 ms ] threadI do love the idea though. I do also hate the fact that if I saw a project like this six or seven years ago I'd be in awe at it, but now that there's far less effort required, I just go, "oh neat, eh, but how functional is it really" and move on.
At least prompt it to use a different voice than its usual one.
(This doesn't mean we're against using AI tools, coding agents, etc. We use them heavily ourselves! We just don't want generated or AI-edited text on HN itself.)
I think that there is certainly room for people to develop software because it makes them happy.
I will take a look at it at some point- Thanks.
Have you been able to handle drag-and-drop?
That's one of the places that I think Linux desktops have traditionally had a lot of difficulty, particularly compared to Macos 9, because you're dragging and dropping complex objects across multiple tool kits, etc..
I would love to have a proper retro-looking GUI on my distros that isn't a patchwork over XFCE, but not pure slop.
However, while I would love to use such an environment on my desktops, I'd rather use something that is handmade and properly maintained rather than someone's personal tool.
Built-in as in preinstalled, or is there some deeper integration?
I used one for Windows back in the day that somehow successfully lifted the file menus (well for most apps) from your apps to the top of the screen.
[1]https://github.com/grassmunk/Platinum9