skiftOS VS serenity

I built a whole operating system using ideas transplanted from Rust into C++

https://github.com/skift-org/skift

Because it's traditional to use C for freestanding stuff but C++ is as capable as C to be use for freestanding code. For example here is a bootloader written in hight level C++ https://github.com/skiftOS/skift/blob/main/src/loader/loader.cpp

> I'm not sure why one would write a new OS in C++ in 2021/2022

numbers of hobby C++ OS started from scratch which went from zero to GUI in a couple years: at least 4 - SerenityOS, this, https://github.com/skiftOS/skift, https://github.com/Supercip971/WingOS

how many in other languages ?

https://skiftos.org https://brutal.smnx.sh https://serenityos.org

Here is the CI workflow I used https://github.com/skiftOS/skift/tree/main/.github/workflows

What touches me the most is how much I like the GUI applications look like [0][1]. As a person, who use GNOME Shell DE I really miss to see the titlebars condensed with the menu just like VSCode does. It was what I liked in the very last Unity DE and I happy to see this once again. I am also amazed how simple the TextEditor is [2][3] and how handy looks your libwidget components. Congratulations!

[0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/osdev/comments/ky7igd/my_handmade_w...

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za0oHBFr9zo

[2]: https://github.com/skiftOS/skift/blob/main/libraries/libwidg...

[3]: https://github.com/skiftOS/skift/blob/main/libraries/libwidg...

[4]: https://github.com/skiftOS/skift/tree/main/libraries/libwidg...

For a little more context, the most controversial of of the pronoun PR request was how Andreas Kling rejected it[0]:

This project is not an appropriate arena to advertise your personal politics.

There is a "politics" section to the contributing guidelines [1], but this particular change doesn't appear to be covered by them.

[0]: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/6814#issuecommen...

[1]: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/CONTRIBUT...

We could argue about the history of hacker culture and its inclusivity, but it would most likely be just a series of proofless claims from both sides. I personally have never seen or heard of a person rejected from any hacker clique because of their sexual orientation. I've heard of a few having their contributions refused for trying to push political agenda [0], but then again it wasn't their identity that was refused, only the contributions related to advertising that identity.

I don't feel like the neo-queer-hacker culture you're discribing is particularly welcome to anyone who disagrees with them. I've heard of multiple instances of people calling for bans of people who said something in their private lives [1]. That is completely opposite of "inclusive". Inclusivity only matters when it includes people you disagree with.

[0] https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/6814

Not anymore https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/24648

They merged a PR to replace males pronouns https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/24648

If I understand correctly, there was just a social media mob calling the project transphobic over the use of a couple of "he" in the documentation, that is uncalled for.

A user account called "anon" is "he"? It has no gender, it is a Linux user account. The correct word should actually be "it", which is exactly what the word got recently updated to: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/24648