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		b2ccb2 on June 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Enso OS: A simple operating system for everyone, a... This is pretty much how elementaryOS started. If I remember correctly, Daniel Foré started an icon set, then Xubuntu was forked and reskinned. As more developers flocked to elementaryOS, the whole desktop stack was rebuild on GTK+ and Vala. In fact, Enso OS is pretty much a mix of Xubuntu and elementaryOS: > The window manager is a fork from gala https://github.com/nick92/Enso-OS/tree/master/galal > The Greeter is a fork of pantheon-greeter https://github.com/nick92/Enso-OS/tree/master/greeter > The application menu is a fork of slingshot-launcher https://github.com/nick92/Enso-OS/tree/master/panther_launch... > It also uses elementaryOSs AppCenter (renamed to App Hive) https://github.com/nick92/apphive

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