VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS

 (v-os.dev)

71 points | by felixding 3 hours ago

16 comments

  • rebolek 1 hour ago
    If you like BeOS, take a look at Haiku https://www.haiku-os.org/ , it's very nice and very usable system based directly on BeOS.
    [-]
    • pjmlp 41 minutes ago
      And much better option, running the real deal, instead of some compatibility layer.
  • watersb 2 hours ago
    25 years ago, I configured GNOME to run a BeOS-like tabbed window manager. On a sun workstation.

    But that's not what this is. Or not only:

    Nexus Kernel Bridge

    Nexus is Vitruvian's custom Linux kernel subsystem that brings BeOS-style node monitoring, device tracking, and messaging to Linux — making it possible to run Haiku applications on a standard Linux kernel.

    It claims to run apps from Haiku, the current open-source implementation of a modern BeOS.

  • jonhohle 11 minutes ago
    Is this a new window manager and tracker or something skinned for this use case? Wayland, X11? There’s a screenshots section but the details are sparse.
  • WD-42 18 minutes ago
    UI elements that have depth look so mouth-wateringly good now. So over the minimalism and bouncing back hard.
  • nico 50 minutes ago
    BeOS was such an amazing experience back in the day. It really felt magical. Too bad it got shutdown. I wonder what the evolution of it would be like today
    [-]
    • eightman 46 minutes ago
      https://www.haiku-os.org/
    • silisili 22 minutes ago
      My first memory of BeOS was that it could play media independently. You could play a video in one window, and an MP3 or another video in another, and they'd both play audio at the same time.

      I don't know exactly why, but child me thought that was so interesting, since every other OS at the time seemed unable to.

  • donatj 46 minutes ago
    The important question becomes can you stack the window decoration "tabs" of different apps into a single stack of tabs like in BeOS?

    Demonstrated here (animated):

    https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/images/gui-images...

  • thisislife2 1 hour ago
    This is interesting - a Linux distro that really differentiates itself technically, instead of just having a different GUI / desktop environment.
  • jazzyjackson 14 minutes ago
    I’ll try this out with my eink display, interface might look good in grayscale. So far my favorite desktop for this is the Chicago95 theme for xfce
  • unixhero 26 minutes ago
    Why should users not instead go for Haiku
    [-]
    • jonhohle 23 minutes ago
      It’s Linux, with all of the support that provides. Not a knock on Haiku, but if I can have a BeOS window manager and Tracker, while running modern Linux binaries natively, I’d be a happy.
  • aaronbrethorst 1 hour ago
    Vitruvian asks a different question: what would I actually want to do with my computer that I currently can’t?

    Only be able to drag a window around the screen from the top left corner

    [-]
    • ianlevesque 1 hour ago
      To be fair that's one more corner than Tahoe.
      [-]
      • aaronbrethorst 1 hour ago
        Touché, and such a good reminder why everyone should wait for macOS 27.
  • ofrzeta 1 hour ago
    "Real-time patched Linux kernel for low-latency desktop use" - does this really make sense? I think there have been various efforts like this over the decades but as far as I remember none of them really made a huge difference for the end user.
  • arm 2 hours ago
    More context here:

    https://v-os.dev/news/vitruvian-0.3.0-available/

    [-]
    • unixhero 1 hour ago
      Ah yes! It is human at the center. Now things are starting to make sense.
    • unmole 1 hour ago
      I don't see any actual context, just vacuous slop.
  • leke 1 hour ago
    So this is a lighter weight alternative to other Linux desktops?
    [-]
    • tadfisher 15 minutes ago
      Well, it can't run X or Wayland apps, so I wouldn't call it an alternative to those. An alternative to Haiku maybe.
  • asadm 1 hour ago
    is there a debian distro that is close to win98. Sorta like ReactOS but can be daily-driven.
    [-]
  • KnuthIsGod 32 minutes ago
    Why does the marketing read like slop ?

    "VitruvianOS is an alternative Linux desktop with a singular philosophy: the human at the center."

    https://v-os.dev/news/vitruvian-0.3.0-available/