A Linux distribution that mimics MacOS (modern and classic) iOS, and other Apple operating systems, but is open, customizable, and free to use on non-apple hardware.
Seanpm2001 / WacOS-Dev, Et, Al;
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Translations in languages other than English are machine translated and are not yet accurate. No errors have been fixed yet as of March 21st 2021. Please report translation errors here. Make sure to backup your correction with sources and guide me, as I don't know languages other than English well (I plan on getting a translator eventually) please cite wiktionary and other sources in your report. Failing to do so will result in a rejection of the correction being published.
Note: due to limitations with GitHub's interpretation of markdown (and pretty much every other web-based interpretation of markdown) clicking these links will redirect you to a separate file on a separate page that isn't my GitHub profile page. You will be redirected to the seanpm2001/WacOS repository, where the README is hosted.
Translations are done with Google Translate and Bing Translate due to issues with limited support on other translation services, like DeepL. I will replace Google Translate in the future. I am working on finding an alternative. For some reason, the formatting (links, dividers, bolding, italics, etc.) is messed up in various translations. It is tedious to fix, and I do not know how to fix these issues in languages with non-latin characters, and right to left languages (like Arabic) extra help is needed in fixing these issues
Due to maintenance issues, many translations are out of date and are using an outdated version of this README article file. A translator is needed. Also, as of April 9th 2021, it is going to take me a while to get all the new links working.
04.0 - Development requirements
A Linux distribution that mimics MacOS (modern and classic) iOS, and other Apple operating systems, but is open, customizable, and free to use on non-apple hardware.
About WacOS.
Note
As of May 27th 2020 at 11:21 pm, this project is still only just a concept, and is in no way functional yet. I am just laying the foundation at the moment.
Thought of by Sean on August 27th 2019
Linux distribution that has most of the functionality of MacOS 10.9 but without proprietary features, which includes a desktop environment menu where you can change the theme to make the OS look like any version of MacOS, including:
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System 1
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System 2
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System 3
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System 4
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System 5
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System 6
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MacOS 7
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MacOS 8
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MacOS 9
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MacOS X Beta
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MacOS X 10.0
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MacOS X 10.1
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MacOS X 10.2
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MacOS X 10.3
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MacOS X 10.4
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MacOS X 10.5
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MacOS X 10.6
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MacOS X 10.7
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OS X 10.8
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OS X 10.9
Those are all the good environments (skeuomorphic releases)
Below it are the solid color ones which I previously thought couldn't be implemented due to Apples copyright, but flat icons are not copyrightable or claimable, so they can be used here (they lack the uniqueness to have ownership rights()
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MacOS 10.10
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MacOS 10.11
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MacOS 10.12
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MacOS 10.13
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MacOS 10.14
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MacOS 10.15
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MacOS 11.0
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MacOS 12.0
It also has iOS theme functionality:
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iPhone OS 1
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iPhone OS 2
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iPhone OS 3
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iOS 4
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iOS 5
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iOS 6
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iOS 7
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iOS 8
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iOS 9
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iOS 10
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iOS 11
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iOS 12
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iOS 13
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iOS 14
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iOS 15
WacOS will be a Linux based operating system that acts like MacOS, but with improved functionality, being more open, and having new and other features.
its naming (LacOS didn't seem like a good name, as it sounds like "Lack OS" which shouldn't be associated with a Linux distribution, and it was 5:33 in the morning, so I don't know where the W came from. Just note the W does not stand for Windows.
Pronounced like: Whack O S or Walk O S or however you would like to pronounce it
It can act as a MacOS port that isn't developed by apple, and doesn't need an expensive computer to run with. Linux users constantly go through phases of different operating systems themes, a lot of Linux users go through a MacOS phase, I haven't yet, but I could in the future.
It will be highly functional, and will be written in C for the core, and Python for the system, as I want to continue to spread Python, it is a great programming language, it is simple to write, and very powerful.
Some features include a desktop interface changer that can make the distro function like any version of MacOS, without the restrictiveness, and proprietary functionality.
iOS and MacOS programs from System 1 to the latest version, and iPhone OS 1 to the latest version will be supported.
The system will be at minimum 64 bit, but will contain 32 bit, 16 bit, 8 bit, and 4 bit libraries (I also plan on having 128 bit libraries)
The system MUST be light, with no more than 1 Gigabyte of RAM being used by the system itself at any time. On Idle, it should use no more than 500 Megabytes of RAM.
It must be compatible with virtualization software like VirtualBox, Qemu, VMWare, etc. If anyone wants to go through and make it compatible with hyper-V, it is completely optional
If this is to be completed, it must be better than Windows and MacOS in terms of functionality, and must meet these development requirements to do so.
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Coming soon
No Alpha releases have been made yet
No Beta releases have been made yet
No Full releases have been made yet
Currently, there is only 1 developer. More will be added in the future. I can't maintain this project on my own, I am going to need volunteers.
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SeanPM2001 - 290 revisions (As of July 8th 2021 at 6:53 pm)
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No other developers
Currently, the program is only supplied in the English language. Multi-lingual support for over 100 languages is planned for the future.
Languages are listed in A-Z order
- English
- No other human spoken languages listed.
Languages are listed in A-Z order
- AppleScript | Type: Programming language
- Assembly | Type: Programming language
- C | Type: Programming language
- C++ | Type: Programming language
- Markdown | Type: Markup language
- Motorola S-RECORD | Type: Programming language
- Objective-C | Type: Programming language
- Python | Type: Programming language
- Swift | Type: Programming language
- SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) | type: Raster graphics
- Text | Type: Plain Text
- Virtual Hard Disk Language (VHDL) | Type: Programming language
- XML (eXtensive Markup Language) | type: Markup language
- No other computer/programming languages listed.
This project utilizes the Linux kernel. I currently can't connect it via a submodule, as I still can't figure out how to make Git submodules, but the kernel can be downloaded via these sources:
Kernel.org: The Linux Kernel archives
Search for a different source via DuckDuckGo
Search for a different source via Ecosia and contribute to the planting of trees
Search for a different source via Bing
Read more about the available file systems here
WacOS by default has 5 options for a file system upon install. The current 5 options are:
Support for HFS, APFS, and OpenZFS is currently experimental. APFS might be the hardest, due to it being so new, and having to be reverse engineered first. HFS might be difficult as well due to how old the format is.
BTRFS is currently under consideration for being a 6th option for a default file system.
For Apple fans: HFS+, APFS
For less-technical Apple fans: EXT4
For Apple fans with old Apple virtual machines: HFS
For everyone: EXT4
For massive data: OpenZFS
You can sponsor this project if you like, but please specify what you want to donate to. See the funds you can donate to here
You can view other sponsor info here
Try it out! The sponsor button is right up next to the watch/unwatch button.
Version history currently unavailable
No other versions listed
All of my works are free some restrictions. DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) is not present in any of my works.
This sticker is supported by the Free Software Foundation. I never intend to include DRM in my works.
I am ssing the abbreviation "Digital Restrictions Management" instead of the more known "Digital Rights Management" as the common way of addressing it is false, there are no rights with DRM. The spelling "Digital Restrictions Management" is more accurate, and is supported by Richard M. Stallman (RMS) and the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
This section is used to raise awareness for the problems with DRM, and also to protest it. DRM is defective by design and is a major threat to all computer users and software freedom.
Please note that the Linux Kernel contains a feature called DRM, which isn't bad (because it isn't a type of Digital Restrictions Management, on Linux, it stands for Direct Rendering Manager) there are other projects that unfortunately got a bad name due to the bad DRM term of Digital Restrictions Management.
Image credit: defectivebydesign.org/drm-free/...
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None at the moment
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No other current issues
If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here
Read the privacy policy on issue archival here
TL;DR
I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.
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None at the moment
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No other past issues
If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here
Read the privacy policy on issue archival here
TL;DR
I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.
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None at the moment
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No other past pull requests
If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here
Read the privacy policy on issue archival here
TL;DR
I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.
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None at the moment
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No other active pull requests
If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here
Read the privacy policy on issue archival here
TL;DR
I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.
Here are some other resources for this project:
Project language file C (Objective-C)
Project language file D (Assembly)
Project language file E (VHDL, or Virtual Hard Disk Language)
Project language file F (Python)
Project language file G (Swift)
Project language file H (AppleScript)
View the WacOS GitHub organization
No other resources at the moment.
Contributing is allowed for this project, as long as you follow the rules of the CONTRIBUTING.md file.
Click/tap here to view the contributing rules for this project
ReadMe version: 7 (Thursday, July 8th 2021 at 18:53 (6:53 pm))
File type: Markdown document (*.md)
Line count (including blank lines and compiler line): 756
Version 1 (Tuesday, May 26th 2021 at 7:20 pm)
Changes:
- Started the file
- Added the title section
- Added the concept section
- Added the WacOS (Linux) section
- Added the more info section
- Added the development requirements section
- No other changes in version 1
Version 2 (Tuesday, May 26th 2021 at 7:22 pm)
Changes:
- Fixed a small syntax error
- Added the README version section
- No other changes in version 2
Version 3 (Tuesday, May 26th 2021 at 10:33 pm)
Changes:
- Added the version history section
- Small syntax improvements
- No other changes in version 3
Version 4 (Wednesday, May 27th 2021 at 3:02 pm)
Changes:
- Fixed capitalization for the release history section
- Added the developers section
- No other changes in version 4
Version 5 (Wednesday, May 27th 2021 at 6:03 pm)
Changes:
- Added a note about the state of the project
- Added the languages section
- Updated the README version section
- Updated the developers section
- No other changes in version 5
Version 6 (Wednesday, May 27th 2021 at 11:21 pm)
Changes:
- Updated the note about the state of the project
- Updated the release history section
- Updated the developers section
- Updated the languages section
- No other changes in version 6
Version 7 (Thursday, July 8th 2021 at 6:53 pm)
Changes:
- Revamped and updated the README file significantly
- Updated the title section
- Added the MacOS Logo
- Added the language switcher section
- Added the index
- Updated the WacOS (Linux) section
- Updated the about section
- Updated the more info section
- Updated the development requirements section
- Updated the syntax of the version history section
- Updated the languages section
- Updated the file info section
- Added the kernel section
- Added the file system section
- Added the file history section
- Added the footer
- No other changes in version 7
Version 8 (Coming soon)
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Version 10 (Coming soon)
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Version 13 (Coming soon)
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Version 14 (Coming soon)
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- No other changes in version 14
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