Submitted 2 years ago by libre_warrior@lemmy.ml to opensource@lemmy.ml
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.
I'll go with Linux and just configure it properly. Depending on what you want you could even not have a DE/WM
The last OS that I used without an Internet connection was Slackware.
you can easily configure a Linux system to be like this
Terminal
/snark
Even xterm is too distracting with mpv --vo=tct --really-quiet "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" :P
I raise you this: https://ayushgupta.tech/blog/play-gif-in-terminal/
Not an OS and maybe not 'boring' to use, but checkout the tools from https://suckless.org/
I've been exploring vr for this exact purpose. Still have a lot of work to do on the best environment I found but it's coming together.
9front
FreeBSD
More distraction free shell than OS itself.
sudoreboot@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
You can configure NixOS to have as little or as much as you want by setting the right options. Guix is much the same.
Arch also allows customising to a similar level but that's less.. configuring and more installing things and tweaking stuff here and there.
weex@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
10000 options whoa. Is there a howto you'd recommend for navigating those? Or maybe an example config if I want the experience limited to a text editor and an nfs mount.
sudoreboot@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
The default configuration generated by
nixos-generate-configis a good starting point. From there you can probably find more things to disable or trim down.environment.systemPackagesandenvironment.defaultPackagesfor example are lists you can make very short.