Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 6th Jan 2009 16:43 UTC, submitted by Matthew Whitworth
Despite what the project name's suffix might imply, Whitix is in fact not a Linux distribution. Whitix is a new operating system, written from scratch, and aims to combine the stability of UNIX with the user friendliness of other platforms. "It will offer a consistent, clear interface and a new way to navigate the desktop while basing the fundamentals on proven system technology updated for the twenty-first century." The project released version 0.2 today.
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See, it just became much more interesting to me, and I'm going to go read some docs and download some images based on this line alone.
By "actually programmed", I think you mean "dealt with repetitive memory-management issues that took zero knowledge to understand, would cause horrible bugs (that could cascade to causing system-level crashes) if ever missed or done slightly incorrectly (which even experienced programmers did at 4 in the morning when they had run out of coffee), and which can be automagically done away with through modern programming tools".
At least, I think that's what you mean. I do not think "actually programmed" means what you think it mean.