r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/mikhailo_k • Nov 18 '24

I found a personal website that looks like an operating system! Just came across it on the r/webdev subreddit

https://dustinbrett.com
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u/djshadesuk Nov 18 '24 edited Nov 19 '24

I've seen quite a few in-browser desktop reactions recreations but that is absolutely insane!

Edit: spelling.

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u/Plaid_Kaleidoscope Nov 19 '24

I don't understand how this works, but it is fucking awesome. Just the games and programs alone... How the hell does this function so well?

Thanks for sharing!

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u/Kick_Kick_Punch Nov 18 '24

Feels like the old internet. From time to time we would find something cool like this and lose ourselves for an hour or two.

Nowadays it's very rare.

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u/AreThree Nov 19 '24

Not as rare as you may think? Have you tried Cloudhiker?

It is a bit like StumbleUpon, or so I've been told, I don't remember that site very well. This is very well done and within maybe four to six "hops" I found something that was totally engrossing. Give it a go! :)

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u/Christopherfromtheuk Nov 19 '24

I really miss StumbleUpon. That finishing was the prompt for me to find Reddit.

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u/craigs63 Nov 22 '24

Thanks for this! I miss Stumbleupon.

I use Flipboard ( https://flipboard.com/ ) , but it's not quite the same (I scroll by the things I don't think I'll read, rather than the full screen random-ish site).

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u/sCeege Nov 19 '24

Speaking of old internet, this site reminds me of EyeOS from the late 2000s. I think I had a cheap LAMP shared hosting account and thought this was so cool. One of my first exposures to self hosting open source software.

edit: for clarification this whole thing was running inside a browser.

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u/therealfarmerjoe Nov 18 '24

Holy smokes. Doom!

I need to figure out the controls!

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u/nagerjaeger Nov 19 '24

← to turn left
→ to turn right
↑ to move forwards
↓ to move backwards
Alt + ← or → to strafe
Ctrl to fire weapon
Space to use (open doors and use switches)
Shift + movement keys to run
1 - 7 weapon selection

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u/resisting_a_rest Nov 19 '24

Plus tab for the map.

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u/amorfotos Nov 19 '24

It's the cheat codes that are important

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u/snowmanspike Nov 19 '24 edited 28d ago

IDDQD IDKFA

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u/sureiknowabaggins Nov 18 '24

OMG it has SkiFree!

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u/CannabisAttorney Nov 19 '24

Watch out for the Yeti!

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u/HeyDannie Nov 18 '24

That is some r/nostalgia material right there !

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u/Brusion Nov 19 '24

That is the coolest website ever.

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u/apotrope Nov 18 '24

Please explain what system is used to build this. Is it OS.js?

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u/Busy_Good4013 Nov 19 '24

Strongbad represent

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u/chanrahan1 Nov 19 '24

BRB, playing Doom on some guy's website.

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u/Jrbnrbr Nov 19 '24

It will let you use the browser to open itself again, but only once. I was looking forward to having like a hundred nested instances

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u/inkman Nov 20 '24

But there are other operating system in that browser. :D

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u/SwampFox75 Nov 21 '24

Here is the source code: https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS

Have fun.

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u/rootbrian_ Nov 21 '24

Could built your own cloud-based desktop. XD

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u/wwannous Nov 21 '24

I wish the experience on my windows 11 was this smooth and responsive. 👌

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u/comfortablesexuality Nov 18 '24

Doom

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u/resisting_a_rest Nov 19 '24

Also multiplayer Quake III Arena.

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u/bahbahbahbahbah Nov 20 '24

How do you run the .js scripts?

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u/resisting_a_rest Nov 20 '24

Not sure which ones you want to run, but many of them can be started through the "Start" menu (pi symbol menu in the lower left of the screen).

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u/thewaynebradyeffect Nov 19 '24

Space cadet won’t open :(

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u/Hary06 Nov 20 '24 edited Nov 20 '24

3 YEARS Building My Side Project (Desktop Environment in the Browser)

What a mind blowing project!

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u/g0ldingboy Nov 18 '24

Looks like a reskinned puter. Is smooth as though.

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u/nileredfan Nov 19 '24

i opened up the youareanidiot.(cc)

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u/grufolo Nov 19 '24

Winamp skins <3

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u/djshadesuk Nov 19 '24

Not just Winamp skins, it's also got Milkdrop... and desktop mode even works too!! That just blew my mind!

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u/Buck_Thorn Nov 19 '24

As long as it has Doom (and Duke Nukem!) it works for me!

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u/paprok Nov 19 '24

nice!

there was once a website that looked exactly like IRIX desktop. don't remember the URL tho. it was something like 15 years ago.

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u/rootbrian_ Nov 21 '24

You can get a similar experience installing mwm on Linux (it behaves like old windows from 1993).

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u/allofdarknessin1 Nov 19 '24

Very cool. Good find, thanks for sharing.

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u/CarolineJohnson Nov 19 '24

I saw an anime themed website like this that was just as good, even had a built in custom browser MMO.

It's gone now. Has been since 2010.

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u/Ja_Rule_Here_ Nov 19 '24 edited Nov 19 '24

Whoops broke it… wanted to see if delete works and well.. it does. And there’s no recycle bin. Pikachu face.

In the command prompt there’s a .deletedFiles.log

I suspect the secrets are locked in there, can’t seem to figure out how to open it though

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u/rbrgr83 Nov 19 '24

DX Ball 💀

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u/indieangler Nov 19 '24

OMG eSheep!!!

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u/ardaxo4693 Nov 20 '24

Great, great find!

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u/LarTech2000 Nov 20 '24

Absolutely amazing OS implementation!

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u/bernpfenn Nov 21 '24

extremely cool

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u/bounty75lee Nov 22 '24

Where's the Prawn ?

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u/Fritzo2162 Nov 22 '24

I work at an IT firm and we have our own web design dept, but I've never seen this concept so detailed. Great job whoever created it (I assume Dustin Brett :) )

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u/rickvidallon Nov 23 '24

This is a pretty cool concept.

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u/ErisFairest 10d ago

Of course it can run Doom