About GNOS
Why GNOS ? Project history and numbers
Project goals
GNOS Core is a simple way to get ZFS and/or FDE with a minimal Ubuntu base.
GNOS CLI is a supercharged command-line environment.
GNOS GUI leverages the GNOME user-experience with enhanced usability & uniform dark theming.
GNOS Apps provides a comprehensive & curated Linux desktop software collection.
Project history
The project started in 2014 as an alternative Ubuntu installer featuring native ZFS filesystem and full-disk-encryption support.
Then in 2015, tired by the old Linux “Year of the Desktop” meme, I wanted to build a minimal dark-themed GNOME Desktop for Ubuntu.
In 2016, I shifted the project as a devel-oriented workstation.
Finally, in 2017, I raised the scope to a general Linux desktop experience.
Since 2018, the project has received numerous bug fixes and polishing from beta-testers.
Project numbers
Average numbers at time of writing.
Installer
| 150 | Graphical apps bundled |
| 500 | Config files written |
| 150 | Files downloaded |
| 70 | APT sources |
Included
| 2700 | APT packages |
| 50 | Sublime Text packages |
| 30 | Firefox addons |
| 20 | Gnome Shell extensions |
| 10 | Virt/sandboxing technologies |
| 10 | Theming technologies |
Workload
| 40000 | Lines of code |
| 175 | Website pages |
| 17 | Sub-projects |
| 10000 | Work hours |
| 1 | Author |
| 0 | Donations raised |