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We love macOS, but we’re not a fan of the ever-closing hardware and ecosystem. So we are creating ravynOS, an OS aimed to provide the finesse of macOS with the freedom of FreeBSD. This is a developer preview image that’s mainly intended for helping build the system. We recommend running in a virtual machine, although it should work on any hardware supported by FreeBSD-CURRENT (14.0) with at least 2GB (8GB recommended) RAM. PLEASE NOTE: On 2022-02-14, we decided to abandon the current path of using X11/KDE desktop components and write from scratch a new UI that will align better with our goals. This stepping back will slow the project but ultimately should result in a better outcome. We intend to bring many of the features you’ve come to love from macOS to ravynOS like clean design, global menus, and drag-and-drop installs. All of your FreeBSD ports and apps, Linux apps, and even trivial Darwin & macOS binaries can now run on ravynOS. And we’re actively working on improving it!
Features
- Most FreeBSD ports and packages continue to work on ravynOS right out of the box
- Trivial macOS and Darwin applications may run directly on ravynOS with our in-development Translator
- AppKit-based source code may build and run natively
- Many Linux applications are expected to work with FreeBSD’s emulation layer
- We intend to bring many of the features you’ve come to love from macOS to ravynOS
- Clean design, global menus, and drag-and-drop installs
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