Hot Dog Linux – based on retro computing system GUIs #Retrocomputing #VintageComputing

Hot Dog Linux is a live image based on Slackware Live. The design goals include:

  • A graphical user interface based on retro computer systems including Windows 3.1 Hot Dog Stand, Amiga Workbench, Atari ST GEM, and Mac Classic and Aqua
  • Custom lightweight Objective-C foundation
  • Bitmapped graphics, low DPI displays
  • No Unicode support by design

Hot Dog Linux is an acronym that stands for Horrible Obsolete Typeface and Dreadful Onscreen Graphics for Linux. Hot Dog Linux uses a custom lightweight Objective-C foundation on top of the GCC Objective-C runtime. The style of Objective-C is completely different from the one Apple uses, everything is basically id.

By design, Unicode is not supported.

Low DPI displays are preferred, since the graphics are bitmapped and fixed in size. The preferred aspect ratio for Hot Dog Linux is 5:4 in landscape, and 3:4 in portrait.

Released under the GNU General Public License, version 3.

Read more here.


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