The Dead And The DecayingOct 13
My armchair hypothesis about the state of #HelloSystem is the fact that not even most Mac users interested in #FreeBSD want a clone of that system, and they might have found more developers if they chased the Windows users market.
 Apr 29, 2025

#Encuesta: De los #EntornosDeEscritorios más livianos para #GNULinux y la familia #BSD, ¿con cuál de estos cuatro te quedás?

#LXDE #LXQt #GNOME #MATE #Cinnamon #KDE #TDE #Trinity

#Escritorios #GNU #GNU_Linux #Linux #NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #NomadBSD #MidnightBSD #GhostBSD #helloSystem #Distro #Distros #DistroGNU #DistrosGNU #DistribuciónGNU #DistribucionesGNU #DistribuciónLinux #DistribucionesLinux

:lxde:
6.7%
:lxqt:
20%
:gnome: / :mate_: / :cinnamon:
46.7%
:kde: / :tde:
26.7%
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KarlMar 10, 2025

#FreeBSD got some well deserved mainstream coverage yesterday when the YouTube channel ExplainingComputers released a video about FreeBSD on the desktop - or to be more accurate: about FreeBSD desktop derivatives: #GhostBSD #NomadBSD #MidnightBSD #HelloSystem

https://youtu.be/9Xm52v1D8qo?si=HsisQ_7Z_ojL9Pqx

FreeBSD: The Really Alternative Desktop OS

YouTube
A. M. H.Feb 27, 2025

I need opinions for running helloSystem via bhyve. It's kinda cool to run Aqua UI with FreeBSD as the core.

#hellosystem #bhyve

Show threadGraham PerrinDec 21, 2024

@eugenialoli thanks …

I'm not aware of explicit abandonment of helloSystem, although <https://github.com/helloSystem/ISO/releases> the latest release was probably based on FreeBSD 13.1, which reached end of life in July 2023 <https://www.freebsd.org/security/unsupported/>.

Most memorable (a turn-off for me, and others): the imbalanced rampage about Wayland.

Cc @duncan_bayne

#FreeBSD #helloSystem

Releases · helloSystem/ISO

helloSystem Live and installation ISO. Contribute to helloSystem/ISO development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadKevin Karhan Dec 2, 2024
@topher My bext bets would be #helloSystem or #macOS on a #Hackintosh...
Kevin Karhan Nov 18, 2024
@topher i'd say figure out MMIO but I think #helloSystem is worth a shot, tho you may like or dislike this #FreeBSD-based distro for looking like #macOS.
RetroComputingMXOct 24, 2024
linux del día:
helloSystem es un sistema operativo orientado al escritorio basado en FreeBSD. El proyecto busca proporcionar una interfaz y un diseño de escritorio al estilo de macOS mientras se utiliza software de código abierto. La versión 0.8.1. salió en marzo de 2023, y aún sigue activo el proyecto
#retrocomputingmx #linuxdeldia #hellosystem
PaulJun 30, 2024

I just gave #helloSystem a try on my laptop.
Both the experimental-14.0 and the 0.8.1 releases, using #Ventoy.
It looks awesome - highly polished, great auto-configuration/detection of hardware. It could really make BSD newbie-friendly.

Then again, I won't use it as a desktop in the foreseeable future:

"helloSystem has no dark mode and dark mode support is currently not on our roadmap. It is not essential to what we are trying to create (a productivity-oriented desktop). In fact, black text on white background was one key achievement of the early Xerox and Apple GUIs over the usual text-mode screens of the time (green or amber on black background). Let's not fall back to the "dark times".
...
Likewise, helloSystem has no theming support and theming support is currently not on our roadmap. It is not essential to what we are trying to create (a productivity-oriented desktop)."

Well, my productivity-oriented desktop disagrees. With a hard no.

https://github.com/helloSystem/hello/issues/145

dark mode support/thoughts on theming · Issue #145 · helloSystem/hello

what would a dark mode preference implementation look like on helloSystem? modern user experience of setting dark/light mode what can users do? set a system/user default override system/user defaul...

GitHub
#FreeBSDJun 29, 2024
Black screen on my new #helloSystem hmmmm......