Linked by Kroc Camen on Thu 5th Nov 2009 21:05 UTC
There's no right way to do it, only ideas that are better than others in certain situations. But if you had the opportunity to head up the design of a new OS, one to Put Things Right, one that could be radical enough to varnish out those UI/X bumps that have clung on for years, but practical enough to be used every day, what would you design? How would you handle application management? What about file types and compatibility? Where would you cherry pick the best bits from other OSes and where would you throw away tradition? I've tackled this challenge for myself and present (an unfinished idea): KrocOS (warning: HTML5 site, will display without CSS in IE/older browsers). OSnews Asks: What would make your perfect OS?
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2005-11-13
The perfect OS to me would have the simplicity of Macs (everything just works out of the box), the customization of Linux (basically, make it dead simple to use, and hide the advanced options just far enough out of reach so the average users don't hurt themselves), with the kind of support like Windows has. Because, after all, a great OS without great apps is pretty much a useless OS.
I agree with the one dude who said that all apps should be portable, not installed. But I would like it better if the OS came with no apps at all, except for basic OS utils (like system-wide spell checking) and a 'click n run' type appp that let you download other apps.