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.

  • erpicht
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    12 years ago

    To elaborate on the text editor and spreadsheet front from another thread, FreeDOS ships with a ton of editors. I don’t believe it comes with any spreadsheets, however. For a plain TUI desktop environment, PsychDOS offers a simple interface with mouse support, plus a host of useful applications (look at a screenshot of the desktop here; it absolutely is distraction-free). There might be mind map software for MS-DOS that will run on FreeDOS, but I don’t know of any.

    editors:

    • vim (or the vi-clone, elvis)
    • emacs
    • pico
    • edit
    • … and many more!

    spreadsheets:

    • @GenkiFeral
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      22 years ago

      wouldn’t using tty with tmux and a few other apps within it be less visually jolting? I love color and design, but must admit my terminal calms me a bit.

      • erpicht
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        12 years ago

        Well, FreeDOS is text based, so it should offer an experience similar to any other terminal. The 16-bit colors certainly aren’t as nice though, so I see your point.