Essence
A desktop operating system built from scratch, for control and simplicity.
- Free • Open Source
- Operating System
- Linux
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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.
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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Essence was added to AlternativeTo by POX on Jan 17, 2022 and this page was last updated Jan 17, 2022.
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