Chess OS.... Any demands?

Chess.com Community,

I just had an idea to create an chess OS.

But I can't find anything great over internet.

So, would you like to demand/suggest any softwares for it?

Note: I will provide it for free on a link that will soon be created, so I can not add anything paid, or simply can not pay. There are no sponsors so it is an independent project. Anyone can also donate software if he/she has redistributable licence, though I'd never demand any paid software if I'm not well acquainted with anyone and don't suggest it.

Note: The software must support 32-bit RPM based Linux. It means that it should have .rpm package for 32-bit Linux OS. Or source tarballs would work, but I'd need testers for that.

Anyone who wants to suggest anything or would like to test it is welcome. Kindly speak it right here in this thread.

I'm trying for it to have an exclusive chess server, and also am looking for some chess ebooks that are free.

All sorts of ideas are welcome.

I think you're confusing what an OS is with what goodies an OS distribution can be packaged with.

For example, VAST is a linux based network security assessment distribution based on Mint.  It has lots of applications bundled together for network security testing ... but it is NOT a "security tools OS".

So aren't you really compiling a repository of chess software and bundling it together ... as opposed to actually doing something significant with an Operating System kernel (or even UI, look-and-feel) to warrant saying you want to make a "OS"?

I actually expected such a question, and would like to say:-

I'm simply merging some chess stuff into a linux OS(openSUSE, by the way) and just trying to do what you are saying, though can never guarantee that. It'll have some ebooks, software and stuff like that, but since I can't get to the code(if you want to know, I am not actually doing much except getting and putting in files), I can't tweak it like that. It should have browser and normal things. Even software causing any problems can only be thrown  in its root directory for people to install, or some testers were asked for that purpose only to put in source tarballs in a better way.

I can't find the required tools like themes to change UI, and it is not at all ready. So maybe it'll never release, or will be a chess-bundled regular OS. Whatever it is, I hope yo get a clear idea what I mean.

Makes sense ... I actually like the idea a lot as it is a royal pain for Linux based users to compile together a bundle of chess tools, esp. if they are new to the concept of getting the "right" training/playing tools for chess and end up playing chess on something inferior.   Let me see if I can help add to your wishlist ... 

I am making a spreadsheet that also bakes pies...please contribute what you can.

Seriously, though.  By definition, you can't create a chess OS.  What you are doing is bundling chess tools with an OS.

@bticker: Think the OP made that clear/admitted to doing just that in his last post. Now just looking for ideas/suggestions! 

Clear?  No.  He said maybe it would be X and maybe it would be Y.  I confirmed that only one choice is possible.  It will be Y, because X is impossible :).

Good luck with your efforts, but honestly I would just make a VM of a Linux install with some (encapsulated) chess stuff and call it a day.  There's no coding or any actual integration required.

yeah right, but it doesn't actually matter what we call it.

since it's mainly related to chess, and currently I don't run a big industry as I'll soon do, and this is first time so there are no predecessors of this idea whose footsteps I may walk on, so it is completely my choice.

And I would like to ask: What do you mean by chess OS? I can not explain without using what you already know.

Something you could consider. THe most used chess GUI in linux are Scid, Scidvs PC ( fork of scid ), and ChessX. None of them  are avauilable in the standard repo of the most used distros. In some cases they are present, but very very very old. So if you want the updated version you have to complile them by sourself. Same thing for the the latest stockfish ( chess engine).

Maybe you could simply consider to create a dedicated "repository" with all the most recent gui and engines. You chose is to create a RedHat based repo ( .rpm) or debian/ubuntu based repos ( .deb ).

I'm sure a lot of people would be happy to add a repository to have all the updated stuff instead to complile every time  and get crazy with the dependencies.

Chess OS means nothing to me.  Anything chess related is always going to sit on top of the OS.  The OS is software that runs the hardware and provides a way for a user to control it, and nothing else.

I don't run a big industry as I'll soon do

So a Chess OS is your first step towards world domination?  Good luck.

A big no to your question. It is something else, which I won't like to post here, but if you think you'll live another 30-40 years, remember the name Jatin Nagpal

My ideal Chess OS would be a live USB with Stockfish and a GUI, nothing more. No WiFi, nothing else, in order to dedicate the full potential of hardware to chess analysis.