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a single fucking screenshot would go a long way to convincing me this is real. considering I lost an hour yesterday trying to use an open source library that turned out to be vibe coded non-functional slop, I have to ask for evidence that the project is real and functional be presented front and center


It's real but it's essentially a shell script that modifies debian to start into tilde.

https://github.com/tinkersec/writerdeckOS/blob/main/initialC...

Also I'd be semi-wary about downloading ISO files from somewhere like this and running those on hardware on my network (in fairness always should be) but especially given this https://github.com/tinkersec/TwitterAccountTakeover/tree/mas...

No guarantee what is in the ISO is the result of applying that shell script to a fresh debian ISO and repacking (no guarantee the other way but eh not taking the time to dig into it).


E.g. https://old.reddit.com/r/writerdeckOS/comments/1mu299a/

Not sure why such over-the-top presentation, marketing, and community building, for what is basically auto-logging in to a text editor.


You just reminded me how much better old reddit was


I built an OS!


Theres a screenshot here: https://writerdeckos.com/#usage

My critique as a designer is that no typographic measure has been added (eg max-width), so it’s very hard to read.

I’d suggest to them that they make a column in the middle for the text that is around 40 characters wide and Lee text flow in that.

This is used by many text editions for their distraction free mode. It’d add more typographic ‘white space’ around the outside also, contributing to the calm and focussed intentions.


That’s not a screenshot, and it has very little text to be seen.

This whole site should lead with a screenshot. The product is essentially a text window. Show us the product!


I don’t disagree but in the about they explain it’s just a Debian install that boots into the tilde editor.


I don't understand why they don't release it as a simple script, or better a config from a tool like puppet achieving idempotency.

That opinion can also apply to many distro derivatives using the same packages as the original. Releasing images for what are just minor changes of configuration seems like a waste of storage, bandwith and energy in general.


If omarchy users understood linux they'd be really angry right now.


Certainly! Would you like me to generate screenshots of OS optimized for writing to satisfy your creative needs?




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