ravynOS "Hyperpop Hyena" Developer Preview Release v0.6.0
Welcome to the 0.6.0 Developer Preview of ravynOS!
⚠️ As usual, this is an unstable pre-release of upcoming stuff intended for people helping build the system. It is not complete. It contains bugs - sometimes serious ones - including application and desktop crashes and even kernel panics. You have been warned.
This release mainly updates the FreeBSD components to the stable/15 branch. The UI is a functional, although minimal, desktop environment with SystemUIServer (top menu bar), LoginWindow, and Dock, similar to v0.5.2. A very basic proof-of-concept Terminal.app is also bundled.
You should see a login screen shortly after booting, where you can log in as liveuser with no password. After login, you should see a desktop with menu bar, Dock, and wallpaper.
You can exit WindowServer by pressing Command-Shift-Q (Command is usually your OS logo key) followed by Alt-F2 for a console login prompt in case things get funky.
Bug fixes, Limitations and Known issues
See open issues for the full list.
Global display coordinates are not implemented. Only one display is currently supported.
NSWindow and WindowServer do not currently support OpenGL. This will be added back once we have acceleration again. (Long term plans are to support Metal.)
Using a PS/2 mouse or keyboard emulation with virtio may cause input lag. Use USB devices.
Please see the wiki for system requirements, install instructions and where to find things.
Ask questions or give feedback in the Discussions area. Please report any bugs to the Issues tracker. Your help in fixing said bugs would be appreciated too! Thanks!
Get It!
Download from GitHub or your closest mirror:
NomadLogic - US West | Clarkson - US East | HS Fulda - Germany | NTNU - Norway | dotSrc - Denmark
Torrents are also available courtesy of FOSSTorrents
SHA256: 25904aafeff717423dc8a6d7bd1aba60d9910bcb6ac744a915171e13c61fc3eb ravynOS_0.6.0_amd64.iso
Unstable "nightly" builds are also available for developer testing:
Download from NomadLogic - US West | Clarkson - US East | HS Fulda - Germany | NTNU - Norway | dotSrc - Denmark
Torrents of the snapshot builds are available too! Thanks to @RangerRick for setting these up.
Acknowledgements
As usual, thank you to our community of sponsors, designers, developers, testers, and users, and mirror hosts for supporting the project. Special thanks to everyone who didn't give up on the project while my life was crazy. ❤️