Replacement for Mac OSX?

[terry9873]

Hi. sorry to raise a topic here but not sure where else to turn/ask.
Without boring you, I'm a Mac user for 15-20 years. I now DETEST Apple, mainly for their lies about privacy focus. Trouble is, I have tried Fedora (for a YEAR now) and just can't get used to Gnome and all its bugs (no preview file open dialogues, no columns Files browser, i miss that from Mac!).
My attempt to leave Mac has cost me so much in terms of productivity, I know it so well. I am realising that Fedora just is slowing me down too much. It's so bad I am tempted (forced) to swallow my huge hatred of Apple and just go back to it. But someone sent me a link to this github page. I am not well-versed on github, barely know how to navigate it, so can i just ask a few questions please:

Does this OS have column browser for Files app?
Is there a video somewhere where I can see this OS in use, to get a feel for what it offers, how it works etc?
thanks, and THANKS for doing this, whether I can use it or not. Apple is a disgrace.

[probonopd]

Hello @terry9873. I can really feel with you.

Does this OS have column browser for Files app?

No, not yet, but I have written a simple one for Windows, maybe one day I will find the time to port it to helloSystem (shouldn't be all too hard): https://github.com/probonopd/Miller?tab=readme-ov-file

Is there a video somewhere where I can see this OS in use, to get a feel for what it offers, how it works etc?

Have you searched for "helloSystem" on YouTube?

thanks, and THANKS for doing this, whether I can use it or not. Apple is a disgrace.

Thank you for your kind feedback. I don't think helloSystem can (or should) be a "replacement", but rather an alternative that is hopefully more appealing to switchers coming from the Mac (of old) than, say, Gnome.

[terry9873]

Thanks very much. Yep I did look on Youtube but only found 1 or 2, and they seemed very old and just showed installing rather than using the OS. I just remembered I have a 2009 iMac in back of my office, was going to be a rifle target but I think I'll get one more use out of it first, playing with Hello :D
Thanks, great work, and nice to see I am not as alone in disliking the privacy horror show that is now Apple, as anyone on the Apple forum would have me believe :)

[NitroNils]

The best way to get a feel of HelloSystem is to try it. Run it from a USB stick onto a machine. It is not finished, but gives a taste of where it's heading.
Also never tried it on Apple hardware yet.

Hope this is helpful and correct.