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diff --git a/content/blog/2022-09-17-serenity-os.md b/content/blog/2022-09-17-serenity-os.md deleted file mode 100644 index 96123f2..0000000 --- a/content/blog/2022-09-17-serenity-os.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,117 +0,0 @@ -+++ -date = 2022-09-17 -title = "Serenity OS: Testing Out a Unique System" -description = "A quick look at the Serenity operating system." -+++ - -## Overview - -[SerenityOS](https://serenityos.org) is a unique operating system (OS) -that I have seen pop up in my news feed a few times over the last few -years, but I have never had time to test it out until now. - -Testing out this system brought back fond memories of yellowed, -modem-screeching, 100-pound computers that brought so many fond memories -to my youth. - -Per their website: - -> A graphical Unix-like operating system for desktop computers! -> -> SerenityOS is a love letter to '90s user interfaces with a custom -> Unix-like core. It flatters with sincerity by stealing beautiful ideas -> from various other systems. -> -> Roughly speaking, the goal is a marriage between the aesthetic of -> late-1990s productivity software and the power-user accessibility of -> late-2000s *nix. -> -> This is a system by us, for us, based on the things we like. - -## Building - -Your first question may be "Where's the iso?" and the answer is... -there are none. SerenityOS does not provide pre-built images for -testing. You must build the images yourself. This seems intentionally to -limit participation to only those who are truly interested enough to -learn how to build the OS. - -### Clone - -In order to get started, you'll need to clone the source repository: - -```sh -git clone https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity && cd serenity -``` - -### Build - -Note that I followed the [Build -Instructions](https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Documentation/BuildInstructions.md) -in the SerenityOS repository as of commit -`660d2b53b1206e868d5470eee80b5e62d7e30da7`. Things may have -changed since my installation, and you should double-check the -instructions first. - -Regardless, I want to repeat my steps here to illustrate any errors or -differing commands I needed to run in order to build and run SerenityOS. - -Since I am running Fedora, I needed to install these packages in order -to build the OS images: - -```sh -sudo dnf install texinfo binutils-devel curl cmake mpfr-devel libmpc-devel gmp-devel e2fsprogs ninja-build patch ccache rsync @"C Development Tools and Libraries" @Virtualization -``` - -Next, make sure you're inside the `serenity` directory -created earlier during the git cloning process and process to build the -toolchain: - -```sh -Meta/serenity.sh rebuild-toolchain -``` - -Once the toolchain is built, you can Build and run the OS! - -```sh -Meta/serenity.sh run -``` - -After this process is completed, the image should run automatically and -launch. - -## Issues - -I played around in SerenityOS for an hour or two in order to see what I -could do and had a lot of fun with it. The only issue I ran into was a -lack of working internet. I didn't try very hard, but I could tell that -the main network link wasn't connecting to my Fedora host properly. - -## Screenshots - -The initial launch of the image displays the SerenityOS desktop, with a -simple terminal already launched: - - - -Here you can see the Fire application (literally just shows fire -burning), a browser with the local Serenity Browser page loaded, and a -text editor. - - - -I also poked around the system utilities and found most tools you'd -expect to find within a standard desktop. - - - -Lastly, I noted that the default desktop contains numerous pre-defined -themes to choose from. This is a small piece, but it's actually -wonderful to see desktop developers consider theming directly out of the -box rather than using an addon-based mentality. - - - -I didn't take a screenshot of the other pre-installed games, but I did -spend nearly 30 minutes playing Solitaire before remembering that I was -supposed to be writing a post about the OS. |