ISO
helloSystem Live and installation ISO (by helloSystem)
NsCDE
Modern and functional CDE desktop based on FVWM (by NsCDE)
| ISO | NsCDE | |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | 64 | |
| 802 | 1,823 | |
| 0.5% | - | |
| 8.3 | 7.1 | |
| 3 months ago | 21 days ago | |
| Shell | CSS | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ISO
Posts with mentions or reviews of ISO.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-21.
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GPU acceleration for Falkon (helloSystem)
helloSystem, a FreeBSD OS has released version 0.8. On the GitHub page for ISO download (https://github.com/helloSystem/ISO/releases/tag/r0.8.0), it says that "GPU acceleration is now enabled for WebEngine based browsers such as Falkon, thanks @jsm222".
- HelloSystem 0.8 Released
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helloSystem 0.8.0 released
Download: https://github.com/helloSystem/ISO/releases/tag/r0.8.0
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Is GhostBSD a good Livecd to test FreeBSD hardware compatibility?
helloSystem 0.7.0 https://github.com/helloSystem/ISO/releases/tag/r0.7.0 is based on 13.0-RELEASE, although I don't know whether it's the best barometer for telling whether a driver will work with 13.0-RELEASE without helloSystem,
- HelloSystem 0.7 Released
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helloSystem 0.7.0 released, FreeBSD 13 based, Live ISO boots 3x as fast
That's a bug then. Please do open an issue at https://github.com/helloSystem/ISO/issues/ and ideally please run the Hardware Probe utility and mention the URL it gives you in the GitHub issue. This way we can hopefully see why Apple keyboard autodetection fails in your case.
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A curiosity question - are there any distros that are heavily GUI focused with very minimal or no CLI requirements?
The only free software OS I've seen trying to entirely avoid CLI, even for troubleshooting, is helloSystem by the AppImage format's creator, and that's a FreeBSD derivative rather than a Linux distribution.
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helloSystem 0.7.0 (Build 0G91) on Dell Latitude 7380
Hello System 0.7.0 (FreeBSD 13.0) Build 0G91 / GitHub commit id: fad1137. ISO image size 1.04 GB (much smoller than befeore) & faster boot times. ✅ TouchScreen
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Walktrough of helloSystem 0.6.0
Issues with FreeBSD 13 based builds · Issue #198 · helloSystem/ISO
NsCDE
Posts with mentions or reviews of NsCDE.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-13.
- Cool but Obscure X11 Apps
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Anyone else encountering this weird libX11 bug?
NsCDE freezes when deiconifying an icon on the desktop · Issue #113 · NsCDE/NsCDE – Closed
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Any DE/theme that looks like it came from 2005?
This one is maybe even older, but conforms to your description of what you are searching for. https://github.com/NsCDE/NsCDE
- Not So Common Desktop Environment (NsCDE) 2.3
- Not so Common Desktop Environment (NsCDE) 2.3 released
- WM/DE that *looks* old, but is still functional
- i put (it's hard to call it install ;) 13-2 Release on my old RPI 3B+, and it's a breeze!
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I feel like a newbie
Sounds perfect for debian stable. Aside from distro, this github might be interesting for you.
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Previous: A NeXT Computer Emulator
Like NsCDE [1], these kinds of old school environments are nice an all until you fire up a modern browser or an app made for Gnome and you end up in a kind of aesthetic mess.
[1] https://github.com/NsCDE/NsCDE
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Memory management do be like that
then NsCDE is the gigachad meme
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ISO and NsCDE you can also consider the following projects:
ravynos - A BSD-based OS project that aims to provide source and binary compatibility with macOS® and a similar user experience.
reactos - A free Windows-compatible Operating System
NomadBSD - Livesystem based on FreeBSD
systemrescue-zfs - A fork of SystemRescue (formerly SystemRescueCd) with ZFS built-in and serial console access enabled for all boot options. Download bootable ISOs from the releases page.
Chicago95 - A rendition of everyone's favorite 1995 Microsoft operating system for Linux.
hello - Desktop system for creators with a focus on simplicity, elegance, and usability. Based on FreeBSD. Less, but better!
darling - Darwin/macOS emulation layer for Linux
linux-apfs-rw - APFS module for linux, with experimental write support
retrosmart-x11-cursors - An old-fashioned look X11 cursor theme