Essence: A desktop OS built from scratch, for control and simplicity

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  • essence

  • https://gitlab.com/nakst/essence/-/issues/20#note_1504444954

    "Thank you. I am not working on it at the moment. But I would like to return to the project when I have more free time ;)"

    He's busy with something else.

  • serenity

    The Serenity Operating System 🐞

  • SerenityOS is doing exactly that:

    https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/tree/master/Ladybird

    I also like their Jakt programming language:

    https://github.com/SerenityOS/jakt

    Though I'm more enthusiastic about Redox (doing it in Rust):

    https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox/

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • jakt

    The Jakt Programming Language

  • SerenityOS is doing exactly that:

    https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/tree/master/Ladybird

    I also like their Jakt programming language:

    https://github.com/SerenityOS/jakt

    Though I'm more enthusiastic about Redox (doing it in Rust):

    https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox/

  • pekwm

    pekwm - X11 window manager

  • Pekwm[1] does this and is still actively developed. One of my favorite floating WMs.

    1.:https://github.com/pekwm/pekwm

  • gf

    A GDB frontend for Linux. (by nakst)

  • Oh! It's the person who made gf, the gdb frontend: https://github.com/nakst/gf

    Small world.

  • website

    The Haiku website. (Pull requests are accepted; please file issues at https://dev.haiku-os.org). (by haiku)

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