StarTrek OS
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:32 am
I am not a Trekie, but today I tripped across Cris Titus' Star Trek OS. It had a strange looking interface, that looked rather amusing. I gather it is from the series, but I was not aware that "Star Trek" computers had an interface.
Well anyway he wanted $5 for the disk images for both a virtual machine and for installing to a hard drive. So I paid the $5 and downloaded the images. I could not make the VM image work in Gnome Boxes, but Virtual Box set it up automatically by using the .ova image.
It is based on Debian. It runs fine in a VM with a couple cores and 4GB or RAM. It is pretty minimal, you can install whatever you want via apt. It is an odd interface to say the least. If they ever showed interaction with the interface in the series, I was not paying attention and have no clue how it works. It does launch software quickly.
In the end $5 is not a bad price to pay for a couple afternoons of entertainment.
Well anyway he wanted $5 for the disk images for both a virtual machine and for installing to a hard drive. So I paid the $5 and downloaded the images. I could not make the VM image work in Gnome Boxes, but Virtual Box set it up automatically by using the .ova image.
It is based on Debian. It runs fine in a VM with a couple cores and 4GB or RAM. It is pretty minimal, you can install whatever you want via apt. It is an odd interface to say the least. If they ever showed interaction with the interface in the series, I was not paying attention and have no clue how it works. It does launch software quickly.
In the end $5 is not a bad price to pay for a couple afternoons of entertainment.