Open source OS 'ravynOS' developed with the aim of having the same experience and compatibility as macOS



macOS on Mac is developed by Apple, and although it is based on the open source OS Darwin , the source code is private. As an alternative to such macOS, `` ravynOS '' is being developed as an open source OS that achieves the same experience and compatibility with Mac apps.

ravynOS – Finesse of macOS. Freedom of FreeBSD.
https://ravynos.com/

ravynOS – Technical Details
https://ravynos.com/more/

The top page of ravynOS says, ``We love macOS, but we don't like closed hardware and ecosystems. We are creating an OS aimed at providing the freedom of wind OS).' The main developer of ravynOS is Zoë Knox , Vice President of Engineering for the network management platform OpenNMS .



Looking at the image showing the final goal of the ravynOS project, you can see that the design, menus, shortcuts, folders, etc. are oriented toward an OS like macOS. In addition to providing a similar experience and compatibility with macOS on

x86-64 (x64) and ARM systems, it aims to support the framework and Cocoa APIs for building applications for macOS. About.



At the time of writing the article, in addition to the dedicated application bundled with ravynOS, it is said that the application ported to FreeBSD mainly works. In addition, it is assumed that Linux apps that support

Wayland will run on FreeBSD's Linux emulation layer, and some macOS and Darwin apps may run. Support for macOS apps is a major area of work for the development team, and it is expected that the range of support will be expanded in future development.



ravynOS is hardware that supports FreeBSD-CURRENT (14.0) , and should work with at least 2GB of RAM (recommended is 8GB). He originally planned to use KDE 's desktop components for the UI, but said he was writing a new UI from scratch to better meet his goals.

In addition, ravynOS was once called 'airyxOS', but it was renamed in May 2022 for legal reasons.



ravynOS has also been a hot topic on the social news site Hacker News, with comments such as ``It would be very interesting if you could pull this off,'' and ``I tried it, but it's still incomplete, and it's at the proof-of-concept stage at the moment .'' was sent.

RavynOS – Finesse of macOS, freedom of FreeBSD | Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32492514

ravynOS has Wiki and GitHub discussion forums , as well as channels such as Discord for people interested in developing it. 'If you think this is a dreamy system, please help us realize it!' The development team is calling.

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