diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 326d581..b3d73da 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,78 +1,37 @@ -# hello - -![](https://github.com/helloSystem/hello/blob/master/branding/computer-hello.png?raw=true) +Following the published [Human Interface Guidelines](https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.5555/573097), and [First Principles of Interaction Design](https://asktog.com/atc/principles-of-interaction-design/) liberally re-interpreted for today. -### Please see https://hellosystem.github.io/ for documentation. -This repository is where developers and interested advanced users brainstorm on __helloSystem__. If you are looking for documentation, Live ISO downloads, and other _practical_ information, look at https://hellosystem.github.io/. +...* Because according to Edward Snowden, [Apple Just Declared War on Your Privacy](https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/all-seeing-i) (all the while talking about "privacy", "security", "trusted") -## Screenshot -![Screenshot](https://github.com/helloSystem/hello/blob/master/screenshots/20211219-desktop-0.7.png) +...* Because Apple has become Big Brother with considering [Client-Side Scanning](https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.07450), distrusting its users and treating them like potential criminals, searching through users' data -## What? -A desktop system for creators that focuses on simplicity, elegance, and usability. +...* Because Apple thinks that ["Sideloading is a cyber criminal’s best friend"]( https://twitter.com/verge/status/1455983636830990337) - and wants to be the gatekeeper for everything that runs on _your_ device -Following the published [Human Interface Guidelines](https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.5555/573097), and [First Principles of Interaction Design](https://asktog.com/atc/principles-of-interaction-design/) liberally re-interpreted for today. -[Based on FreeBSD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS#/media/File:Unix_timeline.en.svg). +...* Because App Stores allow governments to prevent certain applications from being used https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/12/russia-putin-google-apple-navalny/ -For mere mortals. Welcoming to switchers from macOS. Not just a theme. Not a clone of anything, but something with which the long-time Mac user should feel instantly comfortable. The latest technologies, without the complexities of Linux distributions. Without lockdown. Without Big Brother. The user in full control. -Less, but better! +...* Because we want "Personal Digital Sovereignty", in other words: be in full control over what our devices are doing -## Why? -Because we used to like the Mac, since 1984. But it's increasingly getting... difficult: +...* Because we want to run apps from "unidentified developers" that need no blessing by the operating system vendor and no workarounds like https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/textedit-gatekeeper.html (Note: Maybe `sudo spctl --master-disable` does the trick if you are root on the machine, which means no luck on "managed" devices) -* Because according to Edward Snowden, [Apple Just Declared War on Your Privacy](https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/all-seeing-i) (all the while talking about "privacy", "security", "trusted") -* Because Apple has become Big Brother with considering [Client-Side Scanning](https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.07450), distrusting its users and treating them like potential criminals, searching through users' data -* Because Apple thinks that ["Sideloading is a cyber criminal’s best friend"]( https://twitter.com/verge/status/1455983636830990337) - and wants to be the gatekeeper for everything that runs on _your_ device -* Because App Stores allow governments to prevent certain applications from being used https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/12/russia-putin-google-apple-navalny/ -* Because we want "Personal Digital Sovereignty", in other words: be in full control over what our devices are doing -* Because Apple has become ["anti-hacking"](https://twitter.com/jeremy_soller/status/1448318637488566273) -* Because we want to run apps from "unidentified developers" that need no blessing by the operating system vendor and no workarounds like https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/textedit-gatekeeper.html (Note: Maybe `sudo spctl --master-disable` does the trick if you are root on the machine, which means no luck on "managed" devices) -* [Gatekeeper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatekeeper_(macOS)) ("It forced Mac developers, who had previously been legally free, to sign a strict contract." [Source](https://twitter.com/lapcatsoftware/status/1440735016611246086)) (Note: Maybe `sudo spctl --master-disable` does the trick if you are root on the machine, which means no luck on "managed" devices) -* @antranigv on *macOS to FreeBSD migration a.k.a why I left macOS* https://antranigv.am/weblog_en/posts/macos_to_freebsd/ -* https://hardware.substack.com/p/falling-out-of-love-with-apple-part1 -* https://medium.com/@probonopd/bring-back-the-ease-of-80s-and-90s-personal-computing-393738c5e2a1 (Medium article written by me) -* https://memoryprotection.show/blog/episode-24 ("It has become very user-hostile.") -* Because what used to be simple is becoming increasingly difficult. Example: Install a kernel extension https://twitter.com/CastIrony/status/1444077820041318400 - probably the process doesn't even work on "managed" devices where some central IT department thinks it knows best which kexts the users "need". Lock in and lock down -* https://bombich.com/blog/2021/05/19/beyond-bootable-backups-adapting-recovery-strategies-evolving-platform (If the soldered-in SSD fails, you cannot boot from external bootable media, because "security") -* Because we want all software to be "sideloaded" rather than coming from monopolistic stores https://www.lunduke.com/2021/07/google-goes-to-war-against-sideloading/ -* Because we disagree with phone-home, tracking, activation. Apparently it is not necesseary to [activate](https://twitter.com/EggFreckles/status/1439621327472762888) Macs. Has the NSA ordered this "feature" so that they can track people even better? -* Because Apple is spying on you. Yes. Despite all the talk about "privacy" there is the [DSID](https://proton.me/blog/apple-ad-company) -* Because used Apple devices have to be thrown away if they are "FMIP locked" (which regularly happens with previously company-owned devices) https://twitter.com/TWArecycles/status/1444549353335509003 -* Because all the locks and shackles Apple is putting on their devices is filling nothing but the landfills and their pockets https://twitter.com/RDKLInc/status/1477410245131616256 -* Because Apple user interfaces are becoming less and less Mac-like (as measured by the original Human Interface Guidelines). Example: [The Tragedy of Safari 15 for Mac’s ‘Tabs’](https://twitter.com/daringfireball/status/1444092268344840197) -* Because Mac OS X has been deteriorating ever since the "Back to the Mac" event in 2010 https://512pixels.net/2014/04/aqua-past-future/, becoming less like the Mac and more like iOS -* Because the user experience has been getting worse and worse, and here is why https://www.fastcompany.com/3053406/how-apple-is-giving-design-a-bad-name -* Because Apple is watering the desktop down with inferior mobile UX and hybrid apps ("Catalyst") that don't behave like real mouse-centric ("AppKit") desktop apps -* [Louis Rossmann: A reminder of how computing used to be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdHjflBiSMI) -Lock-down: +...* [Gatekeeper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatekeeper_(macOS)) ("It forced Mac developers, who had previously been legally free, to sign a strict contract." [Source](https://twitter.com/lapcatsoftware/status/1440735016611246086)) (Note: Maybe `sudo spctl --master-disable` does the trick if you are root on the machine, which means no luck on "managed" devices) -* https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/ -* https://sneak.berlin/20201204/on-trusting-macintosh-hardware/ -Irrepairable, non-upgradeable hardware: +...* @antranigv on *macOS to FreeBSD migration a.k.a why I left macOS* https://antranigv.am/weblog_en/posts/macos_to_freebsd/ -* https://www.macrumors.com/2018/10/04/t2-macs-must-pass-diagnostics-for-certain-repairs/ -* https://www.vice.com/en/article/yw9qk7/macbook-pro-software-locks-prevent-independent-repair -* https://uk.pcmag.com/old-news/117795/apples-t2-chip-makes-third-party-mac-repairs-impossible -Less and less Mac-like desktop user experience: +...Example: Install a kernel extension https://twitter.com/CastIrony/status/1444077820041318400 - probably the process doesn't even work on "managed" devices where some central IT department thinks it knows best which kexts the users "need". -* [Riccardo Mori: The reshaped Mac experience](http://morrick.me/archives/9150) -* [Riccardo Mori: A retrospective look at Mac OS X Snow Leopard](http://morrick.me/archives/9220) -* [Riccardo Mori: A retrospective look at Mac OS X Snow Leopard - Addendum](http://morrick.me/archives/9246) +...* https://bombich.com/blog/2021/05/19/beyond-bootable-backups-adapting-recovery-strategies-evolving-platform (If the soldered-in SSD fails, you cannot boot from external bootable media, because "security") -## How? -Just follow Bruce Tognazzini's [First Principles of Interaction Design](https://asktog.com/atc/principles-of-interaction-design/) +...* Because we want all software to be "sideloaded" rather than coming from monopolistic stores https://www.lunduke.com/2021/07/google-goes-to-war-against-sideloading/ -https://asktog.com/atc/principles-of-interaction-design/ ## Contributing