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Distraction free operating system (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by libre_warrior@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Are there any operating system designed to be as distraction free as possible?

Without internet access, as few programs as possible and with a layout that is designed to be boring.

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[–] erpicht@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To elaborate on the text editor and spreadsheet front from another thread, FreeDOS ships with a ton of editors. I don't believe it comes with any spreadsheets, however. For a plain TUI desktop environment, PsychDOS offers a simple interface with mouse support, plus a host of useful applications (look at a screenshot of the desktop here; it absolutely is distraction-free). There might be mind map software for MS-DOS that will run on FreeDOS, but I don't know of any.

editors:

vim (or the vi-clone, elvis)
emacs
pico
edit
... and many more!

spreadsheets:

sc (comes with PsychDOS)
as-easy-as (look on https://archive.org/)
visicalc (obtain it here: http://danbricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm)
... others too, like the Lotus 1-2-3 suite

[–] GenkiFeral@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

wouldn't using tty with tmux and a few other apps within it be less visually jolting? I love color and design, but must admit my terminal calms me a bit.

[–] erpicht@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Well, FreeDOS is text based, so it should offer an experience similar to any other terminal. The 16-bit colors certainly aren't as nice though, so I see your point.