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A free Linux distro with a Python-based userspace

8 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 4 stories, 4 comments · first 2020-05-30 · latest 2025-04-28

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  1. …including a Python userspace, called Snakeware. But the project went inactive since then. See https://github.com/joshiemoore/snakeware
    comment by Qem · 2025-04-28 · in Show HN: I built a hardware processor that runs Python
  2. …Compare this project to Snakeware – Linux distro with Python userspace inspired by Commodore 64 https://github.com/joshiemoore/snakeware Snakeware discussed here previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23391380 3 years ago, 158…
    comment by jonjacky · 2023-02-15 · in Tulip Creative Computer
  3. There's a python/pygame/pygame_gui OS that does exactly this called snakeware. https://github.com/joshiemoore/snakeware Grab the rpi4 image and go.
    comment by notpygame · 2020-11-20 · in I've now played with a Raspberry Pi 400 for a week and here are my conclusions
  4. …with an init.d script that runs the python repl in a loop. There's still /bin/sh, C tools, etc. https://github.com/joshiemoore/snakeware/blob/master/snakewa...
    comment by yencabulator · 2020-06-03 · in Snakeware – Linux distro with Python userspace inspired by Commodore 64