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Posted by felixding 20 hours ago

VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS(v-os.dev)
315 points | 194 commentspage 4
s1mn 14 hours ago|
I was never cool enough to run BeOS but I coveted it. It looked so cool and futuristic compared with Windows.

I'm not cool enough to run VitruvianOS either, but i'm glad it exists.

numerio 12 hours ago||
Thank you everyone for commenting! We are going to pubblish small articles on the website to clarify some of the common questions that are popping around. We will also do our best to improve our wording and marketing, thanks everyone for the suggestions and stay tuned!
flippyhead 11 hours ago||
Even if the cheaps are weak... is the code strong?
add2 15 hours ago||
How about making Haiku frameworks OS independent?
Findecanor 13 hours ago|
There is a blog entry [0] on the web site mentioning that they needed a Linux kernel module for some missing filesystem pieces, and also configure the kernel to be realtime.

I wonder what they will do to support BeOS' MediaKit. It has packet streams with realtime delivery.

[0] https://v-os.dev/blog/2026/02/10/haiku-runtime-on-linux/

numerio 12 hours ago||
We have the same IPC that BeOS/Haiku has so it'd run natively, but actually Vitruvian will provide a new modern media framework that is compatible with the old media kit through an external compat library.
leke 19 hours ago||
So this is a lighter weight alternative to other Linux desktops?
tadfisher 17 hours 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.
ranger_danger 2 hours ago|||
https://github.com/X547/wayland-server
Gabrys1 17 hours ago|||
why no X11?
ErroneousBosh 16 hours ago||
Because everyone's going for Wayland, even though you still need XWayland to do anything useful on it because Wayland is comically incomplete.
Gabrys1 13 hours ago||
well, I mean, why can't this ship with an X server? Or maybe it does and then I'm not sure why it is said that only Haiku apps are supported
numerio 12 hours ago||
It's not that it can't, if you can do something it doesn't mean you should. If we used X it'd be another linux distro isn't it? Part of the fun is to make your own UI feel.
jonhohle 17 hours 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.
Findecanor 13 hours ago||
It is a native windowing system, probably a port from Haiku.

There exists at least one rootless X11 server for BeOS/Haiku that would run on top, that shouldn't be too difficult to port (knock on wood ...)

riffraff 17 hours ago||
It runs haiku apps through a compatibility layer
numerio 14 hours ago||
it's a little bit more of a compatible layer, it's just a native implementation really. You wouldn't call android a "compatibility layer" right? Kind of a similar idea here.
asadm 19 hours ago||
is there a debian distro that is close to win98. Sorta like ReactOS but can be daily-driven.
kube-system 19 hours ago|
Try this:

https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

xfce4 18 hours ago||
install it on devuan and you'll be fine
KnuthIsGod 18 hours 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/

28304283409234 14 hours ago|
Because they're enthusiastic engineers. Not marketing people.
lnxg33k1 16 hours ago|
> It’s very easy to use. It features an intuitive desktop

> and adopts KISS principles. Anyone can rapidly feel at

>home and use V\OS. User experience, workflow and comfort

> is key.

What is more intuitive than a button to close a window without a X, in order to make people from every other OSes feel at home https://v-os.dev/img/photogrid.png

-- When words have no meaning

numerio 14 hours ago|
I don't understand the ragebait here. First thing, it's the BeOS GUI that is like that. Secondarily, seems to me also MacOS X lacks a X button? Or did they change it? Third, we can discuss about that, it's trivial to change.

Cheers

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