VitruvianOS

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1. it ran surprisingly fast off that. The only thing where it was somewhat slow was web browsing.

   Mixed · Mar 2026 · in “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”

2. there's novelty and exploration in here. There's attempt to venture off the local maximum.

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”

3. you'd have the advantages of a BeOS-like gui and the power of linux!

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”

4. VitruvianOS has the clothes of BeOS, which is nice and refreshing.

   Mixed · Mar 2026 · in “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”

5. it is a cunning insight in using the hardware support of Linux

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”

6. It’s Linux, with all of the support that provides.

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”

7. I installed it to HDD and it worked great.

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”

8. really differentiates itself technically

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”

9. Can i take a moment to thank you for working this project.

   Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”

10. Vitruvian can potentially have everything Haiku has

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”

11. this is very welcome news

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”

12. What is more intuitive than a button to close a window without a X, in order to make people from every other OSes feel at home

    Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”

13. I expect that this will be like linux - but worse, in that barely anything works.

    Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS”