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    Essence

    A desktop operating system built from scratch, for control and simplicity.

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    What is Essence?

    A desktop operating system built from scratch, for control and simplicity.

    Features:

    Kernel

    Filesystem independent cache manager.
    Memory manager with shared memory, memory-mapped files and multithreaded paging zeroing and working set balancing.
    Networking stack for TCP/IP.
    Scheduler with multiple priority levels and priority inversion.
    On-demand module loading.
    Virtual filesystem.
    Window manager.
    Audio mixer. (being rewritten)
    Optional POSIX subsystem, capable of running GCC and some Busybox tools.

    Applications

    File Manager
    Text Editor
    IRC Client
    System Monitor

    Ports

    Bochs
    GCC and Binutils
    FFmpeg
    Mesa (for software-rendered OpenGL)
    Musl

    Drivers

    Power management: ACPI with ACPICA.
    Secondary storage: IDE, AHCI and NVMe.
    Graphics: BGA and SVGA.
    Read-write filesystems: EssenceFS.
    Read-only filesystems: Ext2, FAT, NTFS, ISO9660.
    Audio: HD Audio.
    NICs: 8254x.
    USB: XHCI, bulk storage devices, human interface devices.

    Desktop

    Custom user interface library.
    Software vector renderer with complex animation support.
    Tabbed windows.
    Multi-lingual text rendering and layout with FreeType and Harfbuzz.
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    Supported Languages

    • English
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    • Developed by nakst
    • Open Source and Free product.
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    Essence was added to AlternativeTo by POX on Jan 17, 2022 and this page was last updated Jan 17, 2022.

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