This is the first time I hear of SerenityOS so I'm honestly amazed to see that the warm gray of the 1990s is back in style! There's definitely something to be said about the simplicity of that old school UI.<p>But more importantly, I really wanted to commend the author on their truly inspiring approach to criticism (valid or invalid)<p>I was left with this impression just by looking at his comments on this thread, but then later came across this video¹ which was posted as a response to armchair critics on OS News... and the tongue-in-cheek tone is just too nice for what I'm used to seeing on the internet these days! Congrats on this huge feat after 1 year of development but above all kudos on being such a nice person even in the face of seemingly pointless criticism<p>1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoScn0X2DFM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoScn0X2DFM</a><p>2. Original thread <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/129716/serenity-a-new-unix-like-operating-system/#comments" rel="nofollow">https://www.osnews.com/story/129716/serenity-a-new-unix-like...</a>
Hello friends! Thanks for checking out my project, it's always fun to have visitors :)<p>If you would like to hear the story behind the "Serenity" name, and what led up to the creation of this OS, I spoke about it a few days ago: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3JkNGKZtqM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3JkNGKZtqM</a><p>Also check out this 1 minute video of the Serenity Browser in action: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu9wONA1MHc" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu9wONA1MHc</a><p>Ofc I'm happy to answer any questions about the system!<p>Previous HN discussions:<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19537807" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19537807</a><p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19986126" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19986126</a>
Once I saw the screenshot with wallpaper, I felt like "he's done! It looks done!"<p>The time commitment is impressive, and there's something reassuring in an age of consolidated power to see individuals building various levels of software, particularly where many of us probably haven't ventured due to the unknowns.<p>Very cool!
This is incredibly interesting. How much time are you working on it?<p>While i'm not that interested in a full blown OS, some times i find myself really wanting to work on a new GUI stack for Linux (above X) but the time i'd need to put on it to become as i like it (which, incidentally, is very close to what you have here in your OS) makes me think that i'll need to basically do nothing else - and there are too many games i'd like to play :-P.
I've been following Andreas on Youtube for a few weeks now. His video on porting DOOM was my first foray into his work. His videos are very interesting if - like me - you have done plenty of web and app development, but less systems-level work.<p>Keep at it Andreas :)
Amazing progress! Something I've always wanted to do but lacked the time, so i'll have to live vicariously through your updates.<p>I like the VB inspired editor, I have yet to find one that matches the ease of ise and power of old VB. Does your networking stack support UDP (and multicast)? Looks like a fun thing to tinker with as a VM :)
Looks like a fun project, all power too you for doing finding something that has kept you excited for an entire year!<p>How far have you gotten into bootstrapping Serenity OS? Is there a public "roadmap" for what feature you want to work on next?
MAD PROPS to you!<p>Everything has been said by the other commenters but I still want to tell you that you're doing some highly inspirational work. An antidote to cynicism. It's nice to see someone doing something out of sheer love of the job.
Hi Andreas, thanks for sharing!<p>Do you have a mailing list? I don't have any social media and while I've subscribed to your YouTube and starred the project, it would be easier to keep up with a monthly digest vs. searching through commits and 20+ minute videos for the salient bits.