VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS

arm

More context here: https://v-os.dev/news/vitruvian-0.3.0-available/

watersb

25 years ago, I configured GNOME to run a BeOS-like tabbed window manager. On a sun workstation. But that's not what this is. Or not only: Nexus Kernel Bridge Nexus is Vitruvian's custom Linux kernel subsystem that brings BeOS-style node monitoring, device tracking, and messaging to Linux — making it possible to run Haiku applications on a standard Linux kernel. It claims to run apps from Haiku, the current open-source implementation of a modern BeOS.

leke

So this is a lighter weight alternative to other Linux desktops?

asadm

is there a debian distro that is close to win98. Sorta like ReactOS but can be daily-driven.

thisislife2

This is interesting - a Linux distro that really differentiates itself technically , instead of just having a different GUI / desktop environment.

aaronbrethorst

Vitruvian asks a different question: what would I actually want to do with my computer that I currently can’t? Only be able to drag a window around the screen from the top left corner

rebolek

If you like BeOS, take a look at Haiku https://www.haiku-os.org/ , it's very nice and very usable system based directly on BeOS.

ofrzeta

"Real-time patched Linux kernel for low-latency desktop use" - does this really make sense? I think there have been various efforts like this over the decades but as far as I remember none of them really made a huge difference for the end user.

nico

BeOS was such an amazing experience back in the day. It really felt magical. Too bad it got shutdown. I wonder what the evolution of it would be like today

donatj

The important question becomes can you stack the window decoration "tabs" of different apps into a single stack of tabs like in BeOS? Demonstrated here: https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/images/gui-images...