ParodyWindows11

A parody of an operating system. the name I chose is Windows 11 Look for more in the wiki of my project in (https://github.com/Viswas-Programs/ParodyWindows11/wiki) there.

Easy setup (if github servers work): For linux only, run dos2unix command on the Bash script, and then run the file in linux terminal, in the directory you want to install, and run the file.

Manual Setup:

Step 1: Clone the github repository using git clone https://github.com/Viswas-Programs/ParodyWindows11

Step 2: Switch to the desired branch (For most cases, dev branch should be stable enough), do git checkout <branch-name>

Step 3: Create a python venv inside the project root. Refer to the folder structure below step 4

Step 4:

You can either setup a new user account but with limited configuration options with the new OOBE system (I'll update this when I include those settings in the OOBE too)

In that case, run python3 "Windows 11.py"

OR

Run the file with the -config parameter to create a new user account with some more choice (Just themes for now)

Run python3 "Windows 11.py" -config for that

You can then change these settings, some of them through the Settings app in GUI, Or by running the -configchange parameter when starting the file (python3 "Windows 11.py" -configchange) and selecting the appropriate selections.

FOLDER STRUCTURE:

ParodyWindows11/
        __pycache__/
        bin/
        include/
        lib/ [this can vary depending on OS. For windows, the folder "scripts/" might be here instead]
        ProgramFiles/
            __pycache__/
            Blackjack/
            Notepad_v3/
            Icons/ 
            <all apps.py>
            LOG.txt
            SYS_CONFIG.dat 
            CRASHLOGS
        Themes/
        Users/
            <allusers>/
                My Documents/ 
                My Downloads/
                My Pictures/
                My Videos/
                USER_CONFIG
            accConfiguration0.conf
            accConfiguration1.conf
            .
            .
        .gitignore
        CHANGELOG.txt
        VERSION.txt
        softwareStoreApps.json
        FILE_CHANGES.txt
        Installer.py
        LICENSE
        Windows 11.py
        ParWFS.py

SOME KNOWN BUGS: In Linux, keyboard inputs to text boxes and shortcut keys to DWM-Managed windows are broken and inconsistent. This is a bug that I don't know of a way to fix. It's due to Linux not giving text-bindings to rootoverrideredirect'ed windows so easily without a focus_force which breaks multi-tasking functionalities. (In Windows you don't need to worry about it, it works just fine there.)

Some distros might outright block input to the DWM-Managed window, while some other distros like Linux Mint allow input but in a whacky manner. When you move the mouse randomly through the screen (To mess with the focus of widgets) then hover over your desired window and textbox and then start typing, it should work. This is really inconsistent behaviour.

Will try to fix it but I don't think it's easy since it's a problem that's with the way Linux manages windows that isn't under it's own window manager's control

Have a great time playing around!