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Comment by irusensei | Hacker News Reader

> If you’re feeling similarly nostalgic, definitely check out SerenityOS

Then from SerenityOS FAQ:

> Where are the ISO images?

> There are no ISO images. This project does not cater to non-technical users.

Not that its impossible but from their project info it requires a bit of effort to read the docs and compile the project assuming everything goes alright without hitches.

Having said that I would gladly watch some SerenityOS based content. Maybe NCommander wrecking his brains while trying to build and port something to this OS? Would be cool.

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For what it's worth, Andreas does post a lot of SerenityOS development content on his YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@awesomekling

I feel like it's pretty great that people /don't/ know about Andreas' YouTube channel nowadays. Shows how much the project grew.

I am a technical user, but don't intend to utilize it. I guess it functions as gatekeeping to make sure you actually are interested in it. If anything, I only want to check it out for a second.

It's also just true that the OS is not useful to anyone who cannot compile it themselves. ISO builds would be just a waste of time at this point, especially that the supported way to run this thing is only via QEMU (which the build script does).

You do have to build it from source, but the documentation for how to do so is luckily quite good, and there's a dedicated channel in the Discord server for helping people with build issues if you run into any problems.

You're obviously not obligated, but I'd encourage you to try building it if you're interested!

You can try it here (somewhat slow, but works as a demo): https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=serenity

If it helps at all, it's actually a lot less intimidating than it might look at the first glance. You just have to have all the build software and QEMU installed, and the scripts do the rest (and even launch the VM).

The licensing doesn't prohibit it, so anyone who wants to can offer ISOs for download.

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