exaequOS
Dev tools
operating system
SHOW HN2023
216points
108comments
#254of 3,109 in 2023
Top 9%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
5 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 6 critical, out of 34 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 4 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea, a real OS rather than a window manager
From 2 comments
Nice job! I was expecting the usual "I made an window manager in JS" type of web OS, but this is an actual OS as in a kernel + userland programs that can run on it. It seems that…
p4bl0 on HNVery cool! It's always refreshing to see the "OS in the browser" projects that try and actually make something functional. I've been working on one myself for nearly 3 years now,…
DustinBrett on HN
Objections
Running an OS in a browser seems pointless for users
From 2 comments
yea cool but what OS do I install on server for remote desktop? can use use your browser as client not that thing. no offense. it's just timewasting. if you think rational about…
teakie on HNOS running in a browser sounds like kid driving a Walmart cart
p0w3n3d on HN
Bugs with pipes, ctrl-C and file redirection
From 2 comments
Nice job! I was expecting the usual "I made an window manager in JS" type of web OS, but this is an actual OS as in a kernel + userland programs that can run on it. It seems that…
p4bl0 on HNI guess it's a cool idea. No shade meant at all, as obviously you've done more than me, but this seems to be missing quite a bit. ``` ls /bin bash fb ip localfs login mingetty…
nonameiguess on HN
Requests
Use a different shell than bash
From 2 comments
Interesting idea. Strange choice to pick Bash as your default shell though. If you're writing a new OS you don't have to repeat the mistakes of the past.
IshKebab on HNNushell seems like the obvious choice. It's modern and well designed and written in Rust so compiling to WASM should be easy. Actually it looks like they have already done it:…
IshKebab on HN
Questions
How is filesystem and state persistence handled
From 2 comments
Nice job! I was expecting the usual "I made an window manager in JS" type of web OS, but this is an actual OS as in a kernel + userland programs that can run on it. It seems that…
p4bl0 on HNPretty cool! How do you persist storage?
shortlived on HN
Is a server required to run it
From 1 comment
Is a server required for exaquOS functionality? Beyond serving it of course, I'm excited to run all this stuff locally and requiring a server normally defeats the point of…
koolala on HN
Alternatives named
daedalOS
From 1 comment
Very cool! It's always refreshing to see the "OS in the browser" projects that try and actually make something functional. I've been working on one myself for nearly 3 years now,…
DustinBrett on HN
JSLinux
From 1 comment
https://bellard.org/jslinux/
peterkelly on HN