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by throwaway55671 806 days ago
> Honestly I’m really tempted to try to throw together a 90s style fantasy desktop environment and widget library and make some apps for it. There’s something about that era of computing that feels great.

SerenityOS might be exactly what you're looking for. Join the community and make some apps, it's great (both the community and the OS/dev experience)!
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red_admiral 806 days ago
Is there any way to run something like "serenity's WM and file manager, but on my favorite linux distro?" Or is it all more tightly coupled than that?
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throwaway55671 806 days ago
It's a Unix like OS with great separation of concerns. There probably is a way - their browser runs on Linux - but I don't think anyone has done it yet. Could be a fun project to look into!
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