reactos VS ravynos

Compare reactos vs ravynos and see what are their differences.

ravynos

A BSD-based OS project that aims to provide source and binary compatibility with macOS® and a similar user experience. (by ravynsoft)
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reactos ravynos
150 38
13,912 5,336
1.6% 0.9%
9.9 10.0
7 days ago 7 days ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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reactos

Posts with mentions or reviews of reactos. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-19.

ravynos

Posts with mentions or reviews of ravynos. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-20.
  • GUI USING OPENGL
    2 projects | /r/opengl | 20 Aug 2022
    Hi A long time ago i saw an opreating system called ravyn os(it's name was airyx before) and i was impressed by how beautiful they made thier gui to look too similar to apple one's and when i get a bit deeper in thier the code i discovered that thier gui was made by using apple cocoa 😅https://github.com/ravynsoft/ravynos So here's my question could i make a gui library using opengl and make it look like apple cocoa 🤔 or it's not the thing that is made by API like opengl and is made by a ready gui library 🤔
  • GUI for opreating system
    2 projects | /r/osdev | 18 Aug 2022
    Here is the ravyn os https://github.com/ravynsoft/ravynos
  • Projects for Old Versions of OS X
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Apr 2022
    My feelings about Mac OS X are similar to the author's. I switched from a Windows XP/FreeBSD dual boot configuration to Mac OS X Tiger back in 2006 when I bought my first modern Mac, a Core Duo MacBook. I've remained a Mac OS X user from Tiger all the way to Mojave. Mac OS X in the 2000s to me was heads-and-shoulders better than the competition. It had a well-designed user interface, and most applications conformed to the Apple Human Interface Guidelines. It also provided me a Unix shell whenever I needed it. In my opinion Mac OS X peaked at Snow Leopard; in fact, I'd be comfortable using Snow Leopard (or even Tiger) as my daily driver today if it supported current hardware and if there were a modern web browser for it. It was a nice marriage of NeXT technology and an updated version of the venerable Macintosh user interface. It felt much more pleasant than Windows of the era (though I admit I liked Windows 7), and the desktop environments for Linux and the BSDs simply didn't compare.

    Then came the Tim Cook era, and with it came the gradual locking down of the Mac, both in terms of hardware (for example, the soldering of formerly upgradable components such as RAM and storage) and software (for example, notarization). The user interface also gradually started adopting more iOS influences, which I think take away from the desktop experience. Due to my disappointment with Apple's direction (especially since roughly 2016), I opted not to upgrade my aging 2013 MacBook Air and 2013 Mac Pro with new Macs, instead switching to a Microsoft Surface Pro (running Windows 10) and a custom Ryzen 3900X build (which runs both Windows 10 and FreeBSD). I miss macOS, but I enjoy the openness of PCs, and I enjoy the flexibility of Windows and FreeBSD.

    I am keeping an eye on two very interesting projects that attempt to replicate the spirit of early Mac OS X: helloSystem (https://hellosystem.github.io/docs/) and airyxOS (https://airyx.org/). Both projects are based on a FreeBSD foundation, but the major difference between the projects is airyxOS is a much more ambitious attempt to reimplement macOS's infrastructure (even going as far as to aim for supporting "trivial" Cocoa applications), while helloSystem has different (Qt) underpinnings, with an emphasis on replicating the Mac OS X look-and-feel and promoting adherence to the Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines. If these projects become successful, this will provide people who desire the early Mac OS X experience modern systems that will maintain that experience.

  • FreeBSD 13.1-BETA1 Now Available
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Mar 2022
    > … Probably best to not try to make BSD into modern Linux which is basically FreeWindows. …

    airyxOS, based on FreeBSD, aims to provide "… the finesse of macOS with the freedom of FreeBSD. …".

    <https://airyx.org/>

    I wish well to projects such as this, however I rarely engage – testing and feedback – because the focus on Apple keyboards is too much for me.

    (I taught myself to use the keyboard in a very different way when I switched away from Apple after twenty-something years. I don't intend to un-learn that switch.)

  • I really like MacOS' interface, but I can't afford a MacBook. Is there a distro that satisfies this?
    3 projects | /r/FindMeADistro | 28 Jan 2022
    There's also Airyx; a FreeBSD system with helloSystem and some more Mac-like stuff (they're also working on Cocoa apps compatibility but I wouldn't hold my breath for that yet/ever).
  • FOSS News International #4: November 22-28, 2021
    10 projects | /r/fossnews | 29 Nov 2021
    airyxOS Tanuki v0.3.0
  • A BSD-based OS project that aims to provide an experience like and some compatibility with macOS
    4 projects | /r/freebsd | 6 Aug 2021
    Their screenshots at https://airyx.org aren't working on Safari.
    4 projects | /r/freebsd | 6 Aug 2021
    4 projects | /r/linux | 6 Aug 2021
  • A macOS-like operating system based on FreeBSD
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Aug 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing reactos and ravynos you can also consider the following projects:

hello - Desktop system for creators with a focus on simplicity, elegance, and usability. Based on FreeBSD. Less, but better!

ISO - helloSystem Live and installation ISO

NsCDE - Modern and functional CDE desktop based on FVWM

Proton - Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components

serenity - The Serenity Operating System 🐞

quickemu - Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux desktop virtual machines.

darling - Darwin/macOS emulation layer for Linux

docker-minecraft-server - Docker image that provides a Minecraft Server that will automatically download selected version at startup

nextspace - NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux

Docker-OSX - Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.

UEFI-Tuts - YOUTUBE Tutorials on how the UEFI works to boot your own Operating System. Think of this as an EFI Bootloader.