Gregory's ServerSo, I built an OS this week.
https://git.sr.ht/~rabbits/potato
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@alderwick It's been much easier than I expected to put together, I love being able to go in an out of applications without leaving the comfort of uxn : >   For the next week are you planning to sail to Redmond, WA, and to buy Microsoft?   @neauoire all the critical features seem to be in place: the ability to make aesthetic screenshots of your desktop applications 😂 @dualhammers somehow I feel like showcasing how you can RENAME A FILE, might have been a bit underselling the thing 😂 @neauoire My brain is totally poisoned by a capitalist-minded practicality. It asks "what happens if someone doesn't understand this OS and makes their own, is that a useful outcome of its existence?" Or "what's this going to do compared to linux?" But I realize that such questions being my first response are the reason I couldn't fathom building one in the first place I just to up my salesmanship so I can pitch to your demographics. Oye Oye this can crunch 1000x more spreadsheets than your typical microwave! @dualhammers This OS comes bundled with TWO WHOLE colors more than Citizen Cain! It can be used with not only 1, nor two, but 3 buttons mouses! @neauoire You only need to know ONE variant of assembly to create programs for it! So easy! @dualhammers Forget about the subpar infix notation of old! This is the postfix future!  @neauoire @dualhammers Attention investors: Something this simple and minimal has infinite potential for growth!  @neauoire I wish I had the focus to do cool stuff like that. Another buddy of mine started doing OS work too:
https://gitlab.com/hughdavenport-osdev/osdev    @neauoire I especially love "the controls are aimed at d-pad centric" … maybe until my Playdate ships varvara can get crank input :thinking: @alinanorakari the playdate port sends the crank rotation to Mouse/wheel, so like, that will scroll Left up and down. @neauoire Oh sweet. You and all the contributers are doing such good work, I'm glad uxn + varvara exists as an idea and now potato. May it spread and may it inspire others to run with the idea @alinanorakari I hope I can inspire 3-4 people to spare a weekend and build an OS of their own too :)   @neauoire This could run on so many computers with ease, including most DOS computers lol. if its a virtual machine, though, or offline, no problemo!  @neauoire That's completely novel! How cool!! Love the hat tip to Classic MacOS: "You can set any desktop pattern you like, but you might not *want* to" 😆  @neauoire looks awesome! (i noticed that https://rabbits.srht.site/potato/potato.rom is currently a dead link) |
@neauoire Bravo! This looks totally awesome!