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stohk on Nov 18, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: SerenityOS demo at Handmade Seattle 2021 [video]

From the github 'SerenityOS is a love letter to '90s user interfaces with a custom Unix-like core. It flatters with sincerity by stealing beautiful ideas from various other systems.'

The video in the link, Andreas mentions that its all from scratch.

breakfastduck on Nov 19, 2021 [–]

It's all built from scratch, but it is clearly influenced by other systems in terms of design.

I'm not sure how those two points conflict.

Synaesthesia on Nov 19, 2021 | [–]

From what I understand about the seminal Apple vs Microsoft case in the 90's, theres a limit to how much "look and feel" can be patented.

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