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One of the better examples of the extremely talented developer who does not understand customers/new users.

Show us a screenshot or a video before putting an install button in front of us.

Was about to leave a comment saying the exact same thing. I don't understand how someone makes it this far in a project, and just completely drops the ball when showing the work off to the world. You don't even need to naturally be good at marketing - just literally copy what any somewhat-known brand / project does.

> You don't even need to naturally be good at marketing - just literally copy what any somewhat-known brand / project does.

If I had a nickel for every "somewhat-known brand / project" that (like in this case) fails to include any sort of screenshot or demo on the homepage, I'd be rich enough to buy a social network, run it into the ground, and rename it to some letter of the alphabet.

Point being: good, informative homepages are by far the exception rather than the norm.

Why people who are into retrogames dont need to be advertised to

Its not about the games. Its about how much effort it takes to play the games using ChimeraOS. Kinda nice to have an idea what you are in for before you spend some time installing and testing a new OS build.

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