qMeadows

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00.0 - Title
- 00.1 - By
- 00.2 - Top
- 00.3 - Table of Contents
- 00.4 - This repository
- 00.5 - Change language
- - 00.5.1 - New translation methods
- - - 00.5.1.1 - Machine Translation
- - - 00.5.1.2 - Automation
- - - 00.5.1.3 - Other Translation
01.0 - Description
02.0 - About
03.0 - File systems
04.0 - Bootloader
05.0 - Desktop Environment
06.0 - Running on a classical computer
07.0 - Components
08.0 - Default programs
09.0 - Modules
- 09.1 - Legacy modules
10.0 - Wiki
11.0 - History
- 11.1 - Pre-history
- 11.2 - Alpha History
- 11.3 - Beta History
- 11.4 - Modern History
12.0 - Copying
13.0 - Credits
14.0 - Installation
15.0 - Version history
16.0 - Software status
17.0 - Sponsor info
18.0 - Contributers
19.0 - Issues
- 19.1 - Current issues
- 19.2 - Past issues
- 19.3 - Past pull requests
- 19.4 - Active pull requests
20.0 - Resources
21.0 - Contributing
22.0 - Tags
- 22.1 - Most common Meadows tags (GitHub)
- 22.2 - Most common related tags
23.0 - File info
24.0 - File history
- 24.1 - Version 1 (2022, Wednesday, March 2nd at 05:21 pm PST)
- 24.2 - Version 2 (2025, Thursday, February 27th at 06:50 pm PST)
- 24.2 - Version 3 (2025, Friday, February 28th at 07:35 pm PST)
25.0 - Footer
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📁️ Folder/directory	`/.gitlab/`	GitLab repository configuration data
📁️ Folder/directory	`/Docs/`	For Meadows documentation (redirect)
📁️ Folder/directory	`/GistLocalReference/`	Contains a copy of the original Gist planning this project
📁️ Folder/directory	`/Meadows/`	The core operating system source directory
📁️ Folder/directory	`/OldVersions/`	For archived old versions of files in this repository
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🖼️ Image file	`/404.jpeg`	Image within 404 page
⬇️ Markdown file	`/404.md`	404 Jekyll page
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👤️ Authors file	`/AUTHORS.md`	For displaying the authors of the project (Markdown)
🤖️ Automation configuration file	`/AUTOMATE2001.yaml`	For configuring the AUTOMATE2001 software tool to automate tasks on this repository.
🤖️ Automation configuration file	`/AUTOMATE2001.yml`	For configuring the AUTOMATE2001 software tool to automate tasks on this repository (copy)
📋️ Repository list file	`/Meadows_REPOLIST.urll`	For displaying a list of all repositories in this project group.
🖼️ Image file	`/Meadows_Logo_HighDetail.png`	A high-detail, 3D image of the Meadows robot mascot
✒️ Citation file	`/CITATION.cff`	For enabling others to site this repository.
👥️ Contributions file	`/CONTRIBUTING.md`	For listing instructions on what can/cannot be contributed to this project.
💳️ License file	`/COPYINGL`	A license hub that explains license usage for this project.
👤️ Credits file	`/Credits`	For displaying the credits for the project (plain text)
👤️ Credits file	`/Credits.wiki`	For displaying the credits for the project (WikiText)
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1️⃣️ Initial file	`/INITIAL_COMMIT.txt`	A file that was generated alongside the repository, and represents the first commit
🔺️ Installation file	`/INSTALL`	A file that gives instructions on how to install this project (plain text)
🔺️ Installation file	`/INSTALL.rst`	A file that gives instructions on how to install this project (reStructuredText)
🖥️ Linux Desktop entry file	`/K.desktop`	A Linux desktop entry file for this project, allowing it to be easily launched on UNIX-like systems
🇨 C project language file	`/PROJECT_LANG_1.c`	A project language file for this project, indicating usage of the C programming language as a major language here.
🇨 C header project language file	`/PROJECT_LANG_1.h`	A project language file for this project, indicating usage of the C programming language as a major language here.
🖥️ OpenQASM project language file	`/PROJECT_LANG_2.qasm`	A project language file for this project, indicating usage of the OpenQASM programming language as a major language here.
🐍️ Python project language file	`/PROJECT_LANG_3.py`	A project language file for this project, indicating usage of the Python programming language as a major language here.
🖥️ Q# project language file	`/PROJECT_LANG_4.qs`	A project language file for this project, indicating usage of the Q# programming language as a major language here.
⭐️ README file	`/README.md`	The main README.md file for this project, explaining how to use this project, and where to start.
📜️ Rootfiles list file	`/ROOTFILES.base`	The ROOTFILES base file for this project, listing all files and folders at the root of this repository.
🛡️ Security file	`/SECURITY.md`	For listing security information for this project.
🖼️ Image file	`/SponsorButton.png`	An image file that shows the GitHub sponsor button in this project.
1️⃣️ Initial file	`/WacOS-Other.md`	An initial file, indicating which branch of the generation template was used to create this repository.
⚙️ Configuration file	`/_config.yml`	A configuration file for the Jekyll theme on this project.
🖥️ Windows Desktop entry file	`/desktop.ini`	The Windows desktop entry file for this project.
🔨️ Makefile	`/makefile.mk`	The main GNU Make build file for this project.
📃️ Pull request template	`/pull_request_template.md`	The pull request template file for this project, a template for starting a Git pull request.
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Change language

[`Click/tap here to expand/collapse the language switcher list`](#Dropdown-executed-with-code-FF256x777-no-further-action-is-required)

🌐 List of languages

Translations in languages other than English are machine translated and are not yet accurate. No errors have been fixed yet as of February 5th 2021. Please report translation errors here make sure to backup your correction with sources and guide me, as I don't know languages other than English well (I plan on getting a translator eventually) please cite wiktionary and other sources in your report. Failing to do so will result in a rejection of the correction being published.

Note: due to limitations with GitHub's interpretation of markdown (and pretty much every other web-based interpretation of markdown) clicking these links will redirect you to a separate file on a separate page that isn't my GitHub profile page. You will be redirected to the seanpm2001/seanpm2001 repository, where the README is hosted.

Translations are done with Google Translate due to limited or no support for the languages I need in other translation services like DeepL and Bing Translate. For some reason, the formatting (links, dividers, bolding, italics, etc.) is messed up in various translations. It is tedious to fix, and I do not know how to fix these issues in languages with non-latin characters, and right to left languages (like Arabic) extra help is needed in fixing these issues

Due to maintenance issues, over 25 translations are out of date and are using Version 8 or Version 9 of this README file. A translator is needed. Also, as of April 1st 2021, it is going to take me a while to get all the new links working.

New translation methods

Machine Translation

DeepL
Bing Translate
Google Translate (not recommended)

Automation

AUTOMATE2001

Other translation

Browser-based translation

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🎌️ Flag guide 🎌️

🚩️🏴️🏳️ Flags were beginning to get added in version 2 of this document. I was originally just going to add the Ukraine 🇺🇦️ flag, but decided to add more, until every language had at least 1 flag. They were done purely with the existing knowledge of the developer. In version 3, flags were added for every language. There are some notes that go with this:

🌐️ [Unions 🇪🇺️ and Nations 🇺🇳️] 🌐️

Languages listed here that are official languages of the European Union have a European Union flag 🇪🇺️ next to them. As of 2022 March 14th, there are currently 27 languages recognized by the European Union, from 27 different member states.

Languages listed here that are official languages of the United Nations have a United Nations flag 🇺🇳️ next to them. As of 2022 March 14th, there are currently 6 languages recognized by the European Union (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish) alongside 193 different member states and 2 observer states.

🌏️ [One China (PRC) 🇨🇳️ Two China (Taiwan) 🇹🇼️ Hong Kong 🇭🇰️ and Macau 🇲🇴️] 🌏️

For neutrality reasons, languages listed here that have an official majority in Chinese speakers will receive all 4 of these flags, even if the language isn't Chinese or in the Sino family of languages.

🌐️ [Global languages 🌐️] 🌐️

Currently, 1 global language is listed, and that is Esperanto. Esperanto is not native to any countries, its goal is to be a universal lingua franca (Latin translation: bridge language) it is represented with a globe with meridians or 🌐️

💞️ [Regarding sexuality 🏳️‍🌈️] 💞️

Sexuality is not measured here, I feel it would be unnecessary, as you are picking out a language, not a sexuality.

💠️ [Location of flag 🚩️] 💠️

Flags are located at the end of each language name (after the Romanization) with one space before, to the right.

Like this:

[Pl Polski Polish 🇵🇱️]

But not like this:

[Pl Polski 🇵🇱️ Polish]

And also not like this:

[Pl 🇵🇱️ Polski Polish]

🏁️ End of flag guide 🏁️

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2022.03.12

I was so angry and frustrated. I didn't save the file, and my computer randomly froze up twice, then crashed. I had to re-add all the flags, it took an hour to do so originally, and I was just seconds away from finishing. I couldn't save the file quick enough. Luckily, all the research was still in my head, and there was no data that wasn't easily replacable (identically) so it is a type of important work that was the best thing to lose, since it was the easiest to recreate, taking me less than 20 minutes

Other notes:

⚠️ A language is missing: Latvian
ℹ️ Possibly supporting the next 126 languages that are going to be added to Google Translate
🗜️ Plans to automate this process with the @AUTOMATE2001 bot
⛔️ Need to find a way to work with these languages on services other than Google Translate.
⚠️ There might be noticeable lag in this section due to how many flag emojis are in use.

Languages segment version: 4 (2022, Monday, March 14th at 1:59 pm)

End of translation section.

Description

qMeadows is the project for my dream operating system that runs on Quantum computers. I have been developing this idea since 2013. You will want to read more about it here.

About

See above. qMeadows is my main, dream operating system project that runs on Quantum Computers. Idea development started in 2013, but programming work only started circa 2016/2017/2018. It is far from complete, and it has lots to it. I hope to complete this operating system to my design in my lifetime, it is one of my main life goals.

The current major challenge preceding full development is difficulty in getting my visions properly translated into the project interface.

Who Meadows is intended for:

Quantum Computer users
Users who want as must customization as possible
Users who don't like minimalism

You will want to see documentation repositories, instead of this README. Information hasn't properly been consolidated here yet.

File systems

Default file system: QMEFS
Other supported file systems: ZFS

Bootloader

Coming soon

Desktop Environment

Running on a classical computer

To run Meadows on a classical computer, instead of a quantum computer, you will need to use the Meadows Classical Developer Virtual Machine.

Click/tap here to go to the Meadows Classical Developer VM source repository

Components

List is highly incomplete.

Meadows Begin - Similar to a Start button
Meadoed Network Troubleshooter - A network troubleshooter
qMeadows fileCabinet - A file manager
Meadows WebMode - Web operating system mode
Meadows Icon Glossary

Default programs

List is highly incomplete.

Modules

List is highly incomplete.

Legacy modules

Wiki

Click/tap here to view this projects Wiki

If the project has been forked, the Wiki was likely removed. Luckily, I include an embedded version. You can view it here.

History

This project has a long history so far, but I can't write it all right now.

Pre-history

No pre-history to show for this project.

Alpha history

No Alpha history to show for this project.

Beta history

No Beta history to show for this project.

Modern history

No Modern history to show for this project.

Copying

View the copying license for this project here (if you haven't built the project yet with the makefile, here is the original link: COPYINGL

Please note that you also have to follow the rules of the GNU General Public License v3 (GPL3) which you can view here

Credits

View the credits file for this project and see the people who got together to make this project by clicking/tapping here

Installation

View the installation instructions file for this project here

Requirements: Read the instructions for more info, and get the latest up-to-date instructions here

Sponsor info

You can sponsor this project if you like, but please specify what you want to donate to. See the funds you can donate to here

You can view other sponsor info here

Try it out! The sponsor button is right up next to the watch/unwatch button.

Version history

Version history currently unavailable

No other versions listed

Software status

All of my works are free some restrictions. DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) is not present in any of my works.

This sticker is supported by the Free Software Foundation. I never intend to include DRM in my works.

I am using the abbreviation "Digital Restrictions Management" instead of the more known "Digital Rights Management" as the common way of addressing it is false, there are no rights with DRM. The spelling "Digital Restrictions Management" is more accurate, and is supported by Richard M. Stallman (RMS) and the Free Software Foundation (FSF)

This section is used to raise awareness for the problems with DRM, and also to protest it. DRM is defective by design and is a major threat to all computer users and software freedom.

Image credit: defectivebydesign.org/drm-free/...

Contributers

Currently, I am the only contributer. Contributing is allowed, as long as you follow the rules of the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

seanpm2001 - x commits (As of Yr, DoW, Month, DoM, at ##:## a/pm)

No other contributers.

Issues

Current issues

None at the moment
No other current issues

If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here

Read the privacy policy on issue archival here

TL;DR

I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.

Past issues

None at the moment
No other past issues

If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here

Read the privacy policy on issue archival here

TL;DR

I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.

Past pull requests

None at the moment
No other past pull requests

If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here

Read the privacy policy on issue archival here

TL;DR

I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.

Active pull requests

None at the moment
No other active pull requests

If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here

Read the privacy policy on issue archival here

TL;DR

I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.

Resources

Here are some other resources for this project:

Project language file A

Join the discussion on GitHub

No other resources at the moment.

Contributing

Contributing is allowed for this project, as long as you follow the rules of the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

Click/tap here to view the contributing rules for this project

File info

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File history

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History of this file.

Version 1 (2022, Wednesday, March 2nd at 05:21 pm PST)

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This version was made by: @seanpm2001

Note _This is the first version of the README.md file for this project.

Changes:

Version 2 (2025, Thursday, February 27th at 06:50 pm PST)

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This version was made by: @seanpm2001

Note This is a rushed update, and the beginning of a modernization process of this README.md file

Changes:

Updated the title section
Updated the About section
Updated the File info section
Updated the File history section
- Added an entry for version 2
No other changes in version 2

Version 3 (2025, Friday, February 28th at 07:35 pm PST)

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This version was made by: @seanpm2001

Note This update is a work in progress, and is not production ready.

Changes:

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qMeadows

By:

Seanpm2001, QMeadows-development Et; Al.

Top

Table of Contents

This repository

Change language

New translation methods

Machine Translation

Automation

Other translation

Description

About

File systems

Bootloader

Desktop Environment

Running on a classical computer

Components

Default programs

Modules

Legacy modules

Wiki

History

Pre-history

Alpha history

Beta history

Modern history

Copying

Credits

Installation

Sponsor info

Version history

Software status

Contributers

Issues

Current issues

Past issues

Past pull requests

Active pull requests

Resources

Contributing

Tags

Most common Meadows tags (GitHub)

Most common related tags

File info

File history

Version 1 (2022, Wednesday, March 2nd at 05:21 pm PST)

Version 2 (2025, Thursday, February 27th at 06:50 pm PST)

Version 3 (2025, Friday, February 28th at 07:35 pm PST)

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