PsychOS: Τhe new linux system
The current release of PsychOS Linux, code-named “Insane,” possibly might blow your mind.
This distro is really an off-the-wall project with the potential to become a thing unto itself. PsychOS is a systemd-free, GNU/Linux operating system based on Devuan ASCII — a fork of Debian Linux.
PsychOS Linux is a strange duck in the Linux distro world. It is very retro-esque.
PsychOS is polished in that it runs well. It is interesting in that it is clearly unlike the look and feel of today’s top-of-the-line Linux distributions.
This distro is packed with software and scripts for an easier, out-of-the-box user experience. It is open source, but has a special license. Free use is permitted, but there are restrictions on changing and redistributing without removing the non-free software contributed by the developer’s company, TheOuterLinux.
Retro comes alive in PsychOS and is the main driving point in its development. The distro creator still uses DOS software, which is launched easily from the applications menu via emulators such as DOSBox.
Anyone with PsychOS 3.4.6 and higher who uses RetroGrab to install older software can do the same, noted the developer. The corresponding emulators must be installed first. PsychOS lets you run more than one DOS program at a time, too.
PsychOS development began around October 2015. Technically, the first public release was version 2.6.1, but the creator never bothered to inform DistroWatch until PsychOS 3.4.6, the current release.
Artists, gamers, and software hoarders will find a lot to love running PsychOS Linux. It is the definition of a multipurpose Linux distribution. Developers also are served well.
The ISO is a live session, so you can run it by rebooting your computer without doing a hard drive installation. You can burn the ISO either to a USB drive or a blank DVD.
You get the LibreOffice suite and the AbiWord/Gnumeric combination for office solutions, Pale Moon and Dillo for Web browsing, and tools galore for creativity and the operating system.
Educational software includes Nootka, a program to learn musical notation, Stellarium, an interactive planetarium, BKChem to create or view chemical objects and formulas, and Reinteract for interactive experimentation with Python.
Multimedia software is equally impressive The multimedia menu includes dozens of interesting titles, as well as the expected classics, which include GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Blender, Scribus and Peek.
The Gaming/Emulation menu caters to retro gamers with some 14 different emulators in addition to ZSNES, Stella, DeSmuME, DOSBox, Kega Fusion and PCSXR/PCSX2.
The desktop environment is essentially Xfce with a few more hidden panels than people are used to, according to the PsychOS developer, who wanted to make sure people would understand that there are no limits to what you can do beyond your imagination when it comes to your desktop.
Do you still have that clunky old 32-bit computer collecting dust in the basement?
It is time to revive your aging computer and make it usable once again running a good linux os .
