First things first
Pick your desktop.
Don't worry, you can change this later in Settings.
Same site. Same folders. Different generations.
Are you sure?
The Windows options are right there doing their best.
But the Windows options are nice...
But if you're sure, aye, fair enough.
Free software foundations
Download it. Use it. Open it with AI software. Change what you want.
Useful wee tools and website starters. Built so you are not starting from a blank folder wondering where to begin.
windows_os_website
What it is:
A Windows-style public website starter. Open it, use it, then ask your AI software to change the folders, wording, visuals, and downloadable files you want.
Default setup:
Free download.
Runs locally.
No hosting needed for the basic version.
No database needed for the basic version.
No paid services needed for the basic version.
Hosting:
Only if you choose to put it online later.
The hosting guide will explain servers, domains, setup, and any likely costs before you touch anything.
Files to download:
EP001_windows_os_website.zip
Video:
YouTube walkthrough link goes here when the video is up.
Screenshots:
screenshots/home.png
screenshots/mobile.png
What you can ask AI software to change:
- Change colours and wording.
- Rename folders and files.
- Add categories.
- Add a dark mode.
- Make it more mobile first.
- Turn it into a portfolio, download hub, project library, or business site.
Starter prompt:
Please review this website starter and ask me one question at a time so we can customise it for my use.Aye Anyway help
1. Download a project folder.
2. Open your AI software.
3. Start a new project or chat.
4. Add the downloaded folder.
5. Paste the starter prompt.
6. Ask the AI to look through it and help you change it.
Good options:
ChatGPT, Codex, Gemini, Claude, or whatever AI coding tool you like.
Good starter line:
Please look through this project and ask me one question at a time so we can customise it.
Video:
help.mov will be linked here once the short add-folder clip is ready.
The basic downloads are built to run locally. No hosting needed unless you ask the AI to add something that needs it.Please look through this project and help me customise it for my use.
Ask me one question at a time.
Keep the changes simple unless I ask for something bigger.
Start by explaining what files matter most, then ask what I want changed first.No matching download folders.
- System:
- Aye Anyway Desktop 95-ish
- 4.00.950 ME
- IE 404.0.0.0, probably missing
- Registered to:
- System created by ME
- 00000-AYE-ANYWAY-00001
- Computer:
- Pentium-ish
- 64.0MB RAM if you believe hard enough
- System:
- Aye Anyway XP-ish
- Version 5.1.2600, Service Pack: Aye
- Blue hills, questionable decisions, no hosting
- Registered to:
- System created by ME
- Sam Tal, Department of Stuff That Might Be Useful
- Computer:
- Useful starter kit engine
- Enough RAM to open help.mov, probably
About
Aye Anyway OS, but for the website.
- Edition
- Aye Anyway 10-ish Homebrew
- Version
- 625.44.44
- Issue date
- 2 June 2026
- Created by
- ME, with a folder on the Desktop
- Installed apps
- Downloads, Help, Search, Settings, and some nonsense on the right
- Support status
- Free, local, no hosting, no monthly nonsense
Display
Icon size
Wallpaper
System
Desktop generation
Same site. Same folders. Different generations.
System info
- System:
- Aye Anyway Desktop 95-ish
- 4.00.950 ME
- IE 404.0.0.0, probably missing
- Registered to:
- System created by ME
- 00000-AYE-ANYWAY-00001
- Computer:
- Pentium-ish
- 64.0MB RAM if you believe hard enough
- System:
- Aye Anyway XP-ish
- Version 5.1.2600, Service Pack: Aye
- Blue hills, questionable decisions, no hosting
- Registered to:
- System created by ME
- Sam Tal, Department of Stuff That Might Be Useful
- Computer:
- Useful starter kit engine
- Enough RAM to open help.mov, probably
About
Aye Anyway OS, but for the website.
- Edition
- Aye Anyway 10-ish Homebrew
- Version
- 625.44.44
- Issue date
- 2 June 2026
- Created by
- ME, with a folder on the Desktop
- Installed apps
- Downloads, Help, Search, Settings, and some nonsense on the right
- Support status
- Free, local, no hosting, no monthly nonsense
Type a web address. Some modern sites block being loaded inside another site.
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