PsychOS

The PsychOS project aims to provide multiple, unique, software-rich platforms for lighter/older hardware.

Introduction

Default username: psychos (do not change)
Default password (login and root): linux
Current release: PsychOS 3.4.6
Code name: Insanity
Base GNU/Linux distribution: Devuan ASCII
Kernel: linux-image-4.9.0-8-rt-686-pae (real-time 32-bit kernel with no 4GB RAM limit)
Desktop Environments: XFCE, IceWM, or Kodi
Package management: apt, pip, gem, rpm, yum, pacapt, and alien
- I would have included zypper, but I was running out of room
MD5: 57bc4d9af162ce1aecb35f30f9f8f07a

PsychOS is a systemd-free, GNU/Linux operating system based on Devuan ASCII but tailored towards retrophiles of all ages. It is packed with software and scripts for an easier, out-of-the-box user experience.

This 3.8GB ISO Includes:

- 3000+ installed packages
- 90+ Python modules
- 390+ Supported file formats
- Interesting Thunar Custom Actions
- Customized .bashrc for quickly doing things in the command-line for when CLIMax isn't enough
- DOS software included with RetroGrab to add more

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Future Plans and Ideas

Currently, the main focus for the PsychOS Project is to create distributions and desktop environments for 32-bit and older computers, as well as things for lighter hardware, such as the Raspberry Pi. If I were to wait for the next nostalgia cycle, as older websites and software get "snuffed-out," either by the non-sensible claim that all plain-http sites are dangerous or because software maintainers delete their older 32-bit packages every time they run out of hard drive space, projects like this will be next to impossible in perhaps just a few years, especially in regards to GNU/Linux software, which I find very ironic and if you do not believe me, feel free to read PsychOS486's (as in i486) development notes.

So essentially, the plan for the PsychOS Project is to create things that will help you keep that "magic smoke" circulating for as long as possible with a "SHTF" approach rather than assume you will always have Internet access. However, please keep in mind that this project is a more or less of a "share while I learn" sort of thing. [More]