From 2be43cc479dfd4cfb621f14381330c708291e324 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Cleberg Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 19:46:20 -0500 Subject: conversion from Zola to Weblorg --- content/blog/2022-09-17-serenity-os.md | 104 --------------------------------- 1 file changed, 104 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 content/blog/2022-09-17-serenity-os.md (limited to 'content/blog/2022-09-17-serenity-os.md') 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 9f099a7..0000000 --- a/content/blog/2022-09-17-serenity-os.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,104 +0,0 @@ -+++ -date = 2022-09-17 -title = "Serenity OS: Testing Out a Unique System" -description = "" -draft = false -+++ - -# 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. - -There is also a "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, such as a system monitoring tool. - -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. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2