ISO
Applications
| ISO | Applications | |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | 2 | |
| 802 | 5 | |
| 0.5% | - | |
| 8.3 | 0.0 | |
| 3 months ago | about 2 years ago | |
| Shell | Shell | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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
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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
Applications
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How to package linux software and dependencies into .iso files for hellosystem (freebsd fork)
Check out https://github.com/helloSystem/Applications on how to produce these. The examples are using FreeBSD, not Linux, binaries as ingredients. But the same principle would apply for Linux binaries (in which case users need to have the Debian Runtime installed).
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helloSystem 0.7.0 released, FreeBSD 13 based, Live ISO boots 3x as fast
Application bundles for software such as Firefox (with uBlock Origin), Thunderbird, Chrome, and others are available for download
What are some alternatives?
ravynos - A BSD-based OS project that aims to provide source and binary compatibility with macOS® and a similar user experience.
hello - Desktop system for creators with a focus on simplicity, elegance, and usability. Based on FreeBSD. Less, but better!
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.
NsCDE - Modern and functional CDE desktop based on FVWM
linux-apfs-rw - APFS module for linux, with experimental write support
darling - Darwin/macOS emulation layer for Linux
reactos - A free Windows-compatible Operating System
nextspace - NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux
sig-livemedia - AlmaLinux SIG/Live-media
hw-probe - Probe for hardware, check operability and find drivers