A dream of a Linux distribution where the entire desktop environment is Win32 software running under WINE. A completely free and open-source OS where you can just download .exe files and run them, for the power user who isn't necessarily a Unixhead, or just for someone who thinks this sounds fun.
I like the layout and looks of windows 2000 but I think running actual exe files from the old OS is not viable from security standpoint.
A dream of a Linux distribution where the entire desktop environment is Win32 software running under WINE.
Sounds like a nightmare to me. Why would anyone want that?
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Win32/Hurd when?
They’ve only almost barely nearly shat out a usable Unix with hurd. Give them another few decades, my dude!
Is there not already ReactOS? Or has that been abandoned?
Follow the link and go down to the third point:
Isn’t this just ReactOS?
ReactOS tries to reimplement the Windows NT kernel, and that has always been its Achilles heel, holding it back from a hardware compatibility and stability standpoint. The loss32 concept is to achieve a similar-feeling end result to ReactOS, but built on a more usable foundation, using components known to work well (the Linux kernel, WINE, everything that glues those together, and a sprinkling of ReactOS userland niceties). As a bonus, the OS would still technically be a Linux distro, so it would be possible to run Linux software when necessary, something ReactOS can’t do.
I’d recommend using something like Niri instead of mutter for the compositor as Niri is:
- Extremely customizable
- Meant to be used alone (unlike mutter which is for Gnome)
- Supportive of Wayland portals better than any compositor I’ve tried
- Very modern
- Pretty stable
- Making use of scrolling window management which is, imo, superior to anything else
- You could force all windows to be floating if you want that traditional method tho
I’d also recommend using DankMaterialShell and simply providing a theming to get the appeal you want. It works well with Niri and provides all the system tools you need for an OS like bluetooth and audio management, application lookup, etc. It’s sort of a stripped down Gnome-shell for standalone compositors but way more customizable.
Then everything else can just be installed WINE apps.
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