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DebCentral: Symphony OS in the Words of its Developer

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 25, 2005

[ Thanks to Josh King
for this link. ]

DebCentral: Hi Ryan, first off why don’t you explain to us
exactly what Symphony OS is.

“Ryan Quinn: Symphony OS is a project I started a little over a
year ago. Originally it was simply to create a web-powered desktop
using html/js/css to render the desktop, menus, etc.. Soon after I
started the project Jason Spisak emailed me and showed me the UI
mockups he had, I was blown away by them. Those mockups became the
Mezzo Desktop Environment…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

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