Monday, 8 December 2014

Quantum OS - New easy to use Linux based OS

Hay, We have tested and enjoyed many Linux based OS. All Linux OSs are BEST. One like Ubuntu while others like Linux mint etc. But its time for another and definitely different test, yes its Quantum OS.
 Quantun OS is a Linux based Operating System which confirms to Google’s Material Design guidelines. The focus will be on creating a stable and easy-to-use operating system with a heavy emphasis on well-thought-out design.
The desktop shell of Quantum OS will be based on Qt 5 and QML, which allows to build highly polished and dynamic user interfaces. While the Application framework will be based upon a QML UI toolkit implementing Material Design. It is written completely from scratch, and does not use QtQuick Controls, and is not a fork or theme for the Ubuntu UI toolkit. The reason for this is that we want to be able to focus specifically on implementing Material Design, which has several unique features, such as the concept of elevation. We will most likely have a Qt/Gtk theme for existing apps, but the official recommendation will be writing new applications or porting existing applications to the Material Design framework. The API will be similar to that of other QML frameworks such as the Ubuntu UI toolkit, so it will not be too difficult porting existing apps.
The UI framework itself will be cross-platform, just as Qt itself is, so apps written with it will run on OS X, Windows, or other Linux distributions. This plays well with the concept of Material Design, which aims to be a cross-platform design framework.
We also plan to support web apps and treat them as nicely as possible. This will probably involve a simple wrapper that allows web apps to have their own icon and window with no browser chrome.
The Material Design QML framework is well underway, as can be seen from this sample application:

The Development Team and Code

Currently the team consists of mainly just myself (Michael Spencer/@iBeliever), though I am already getting some great design feedback and mockups from Andrea Del Sarto. Anyone who is interested in contributing code, design, feedback, or testing is welcome to contribute, though I plan to remain in control of project management to ensure that we stay focused on our goals. I am certainly open to suggestions and feedback, though!
We are hosting our code on GitHub at https://github.com/quantum-os, with the Material Design QML framework hosted at https://github.com/quantum-os/qml-material. You can also track our mockups here, though because of the flexibility and power of QML, we often work directly in code versus designing mockups first.

Source: http://quantum-os.github.io/

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