Quantum OS - OS based on Linux which conforms to Material Design guidelines

jeremy · 11-22-2014, 12:40 PM

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Welcome to Quantum OS! We are working on developing an operating system based upon Linux which conforms to Google’s Material Design guidelines. The focus will be on creating a stable and easy-to-use operating system with a heavy emphasis on well-thought-out design.

UPDATE: This project was originally named Quartz OS but has since been renamed to Quantum OS because of conflicts with the OS X graphics technologies.

The Desktop Shell

We plan to develop the desktop shell and applications primarily using Qt 5 and QML, which will allow us to build highly polished and dynamic user interfaces and will work well for implementing Material Design. If possible, we will build the desktop shell in as much QML as possible built on top of the QtCompositor API, which provides a Qt framework for building a Wayland compositor.

More at Quantum OS...

What are your thoughts on bringing Material Design to the Linux desktop?

--jeremy

fatmac · 12-02-2014, 11:15 AM

Looks like its just another Linux variant, & we have plenty of those. Some use QT, some GTK, others FLTK.

Its the mix & match of Linux based systems that makes them what they are. Then of course there's Ubuntu, origionally a good system that has gone its own way. Everyone seems to think they can do better than the last. Its all about choice, so let them try to find themselves a following.

Personally, a lightweight WM is all that is needed for a GUI system, everything else is bloat, but each to their own.