Qt, C++, JSON).Īiryx is explicitly trying to be compatible with Mac software at a source and eventually a binary level, without losing support for FreeBSD/X11 software, and to implement a very similar experience on the desktop and at the command line. In fact they're mostly avoiding Objective C and XML plists and other Mac technology in favor of simpler and/or more modern ways (e.g. Older MacOS X and Classic are an inspiration to what that might look like, but they are not explicitly trying to create an open-source Mac. HelloSystem wants to create a computer that is simple to use, open, elegant, small and fast. Filer), but the project goals are quite different. We have similar philosophies, and share technology and cooperate where it makes sense (e.g. The first had been built on vanilla FreeBSD and had no GUI at all.) Under the hood, however, Airyx 0.2.2 has a partial implementation of Cocoa, a modified compiler & linker that support frameworks, and several other additions that make it distinct. We are in fact working with helloSystem! As some people have noticed, Airyx 0.2.X was basically helloSystem. In fact… at one point airyxOS was a direct fork of helloSystem. If you look through the feature sets of both airyxOS and helloSystem, you’ll fine many commonalities (other than both of them deciding to make the first letter in their name lower case). The amount of love and attention that have gone into the details of the system - combined with Simon Peter’s excellent track record of producing stable, long-lasting technology - make it most appealing. If I were to pick a FreeBSD to use right now, it would most likely be this one. In truth, helloSystem is quite excellent. It feels to me to be a love letter to some of the better parts of both modern Mac OS X… as well as the classic Mac OS.
LINUX MAC OS X CLONE FULL
The user in full control.Ĭalling helloSystem a “clone” of Mac OS really isn’t accurate. The latest technologies, without the complexities of Linux distributions. Not a clone of anything, but something with which the long-time Mac user should feel instantly comfortable. The purpose of helloSystem is described thusly: HelloSystem is the brainchild of Simon Peter, the man who created AppImage (.iso files that contain a Linux executable, along with the bulk of necessary libraries… thus making “drag and drop” software installation possible on Linux systems). In fact, the top two promoted features of airyxOS are, specifically, the look and feel of current Mac OS systems. So we created airyxOS - an OS aimed to provide the finesse of macOS with the freedom of FreeBSD.” “ We love macOS, but we’re not a fan of the ever-closing hardware and ecosystem. The team behind airyxOS doesn’t hide their goal of cloning Mac OS. So, perhaps, it is only natural that, when someone is looking to create a clone of the modern Mac OS… they look to FreeBSD as the base system.Īs it so happens, there are two such systems under active development: airyxOS and helloSystem.
I’m a cranky old man who yells at clouds, that’s just how I roll. So I’ll be ignoring their rebranding in this article. Note: Yes, I know that Apple has re-branded their system to be “macOS” instead of “Mac OS”. Mac OS has long had an association with BSD (and FreeBSD)… dating all the way back to the NeXTSTEP and OpenStep roots of Mac OS X, which included quite a few userland tools from BSD.
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