AxOS is starting to be known. A lot of people are using or testing it, but a question is often asked: “Why did you create AxOS ? What is special about it ?”. So I will try to answer this question in this blog post.
AxOS is a project that I started in 2022. I was looking for a new operating system that combines the best of both worlds: the power and the beauty. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find one. So I decided to create my own operating system. I wanted to create an operating system that is fast and beautiful.
That’s how I came up with the idea of AxOS. Then I started learning coding, linux architecture and other stuff like that. I made a lot of mistakes, but I learned a lot too.
The first version of AxOS was a simple script that installed Arch Linux and some packages. It was buggy, I struggled a lot (especially with this damn calamares installer), but I was proud of it. I loved the feeling of creating something and make it evolute. I wanted to share it with the world, so I created a GitHub repository and a website. I started to share my work on social media, but I didn’t get a single feedback. Why ? Because I was not known. I was just a random guy on the internet with no marketing skills. But this didn’t stop me. I kept working on AxOS, adding new features and fixing bugs. I was learning a lot, and I was having fun. And today, I can say that I am proud of what I have accomplished. AxOS is a beautiful and powerful operating system, even if it is not perfect. I get more feedbacks now, I get more people using it, and I am happy to see that my work is appreciated.
The main goal of AxOS is to provide a fast and beautiful operating system. That’s the main goal, but there is a side goal that came up with time, when I added the Calla desktop environment.
I want to make a community-driven operating system. I want everyone to be able to contribute to the project, to share their ideas and their work, open pull requests, and to help each other. I want AxOS to be a place where everyone can feel at home, where everyone can share their work and their ideas. And guess what ? This starts to work. I get feedbacks and suggestions, people add features and fix bugs through pull requests, and I even got my first official developer.
You know, when I see a PR, it has 99% chances to be merged. These simple things make me happy, because it means that people are interested in the project, and that they want to help.
A 4th desktop environment will be added soon, and I don’t even touch it. The dev started it, and this is his work, I will not take credit for it. Everyone is free to create their own thing and add it to AxOS. This is what I want.
So, want to join the party ? You can help AxOS in many ways like developing, testing, reporting bugs, or just sharing your ideas. You can also help by sharing AxOS on social media, or by talking about it to your friends.
I’m waiting for you! Come and join the AxOS community, and let’s make AxOS even better together.