A few questions

[ghost]

I'm not quite sure how to get started, but I'd like to poke around with how helloSystem works.

I've a few questions, so please bear with me:
Firstly, I'm not sure how the system GUI is drawn (for example, default elements like buttons and textareas) - my guess would be somewhere in BreezeEnhanced? I'd like to know for sure.

Secondly, I'm completely lost as to what creating a live ISO does. Does it create an ISO of the current operating system, or does it make a redistributable ISO that has the same setup phase as the ISO on the releases page?

Thirdly, I'm having some problems running helloSystem in VirtualBox (host OS Windows), where the preview OS (before actually installing) takes a very long time to boot (but, in the end, does). After installing helloSystem (in VirtualBox), I'm prompted to restart, which I do. This hangs the VM with a grey-and-black screen for hours. If I kill the VM during this hang and restart it, I end up with the same "install helloSystem" process. I could try running helloSystem on bare metal (Intel i7), but I don't believe I'm enough of a linux user to manage pulling that off, so any help with the VirtualBox install would be helpful.

edit:
another question: is all of the system setup stuff and such managed through pyqt5 .apps? I found things like LanguageSelect.app, which I believe is for the system setup process... where does this get started/what does it get started by?

[NitroNils]

Good news: You don't have to be a Linux user at all! Jokes aside. I urge you to simply install it on bare metal. Simply follow the instructions and test. As long as you have no important files or backing up the system which you install on there can be no harm in trying. I find it very satisfying. Never enjoyed VMs.

Just my two cents. Hopefully someone else can help you with your questions.

[louies0623]

The developers of the system have said that there will be many opportunities to encounter "problems" when the system is executed on a virtual machine, so it has been recommended that users use a physical machine.

[ghost]

that's exactly what I was looking for! thank you!

sorry for asking so many questions, I just don't really understand how everything comes together (but I think I get how everything works on its own)

[probonopd]

Please check out https://hellosystem.github.io/docs/developer/contributing.html

The various projects are hosted at https://github.com/helloSystem/. Glad you are here!

[ghost]

I've looked through both of these already. The source code was very fun to look through (it's pretty cool, has a lot of stuff I haven't seen before, I learned a lot from it), but the docs were very sparse on how to actually modify and test the system. For example, if I wanted to change something in InstallHelloSystem.app, how would I do that? Also, how would I test it?

[probonopd]

Copy Install helloSystem.app, right-click, Show Contents, open the files in a text editor/IDE and hack away. :-)

[ghost]

Oh. It's that simple? I thought it would be more complicated than that haha. I don't think I'll need to actually test anything to the point of erasing my disk (which is what install hellosystem.app does iirc). I'll get started sometime soon (I want to play some COD before I switch OS). Thanks for helping!

[probonopd]

Yes, everything in helloSystem is designed to be simple. If you find something complicated, it's probably a bug and should be fixed ;-)