OS Mockup Kit

The OS Mockup Kit (referred and stylized as the OS Mockup Kit, before 0.6.2u Windows Mockup Kit, before 0.1 WNR Kit) is a collection of assets used to create mockups for fictional operating systems. It's an extremely popular kit, mainly used by WNR creators, often serving as the main base for Operating System assets. As of 2019, OS Mockup Kit is divided by several files.
*OSMK Graphic is the file that archives bootscreens, icons, loading bars, wallpapers, and so on.
*OSMK Sounds is the file that archives sound files from both real and fictional systems.
*OSMK Photoshop Addons is a separate file with addons for Photoshop.
*OSMK Camera Photos is a pack of photos taken with a camera.
*Both the OS Graphic Kit and the OS Sounds Kit are the same as the 1st and 2nd items on the list, aside from the fact that they only have the official assets from real operating systems. Two exceptions to this rule are the fake sounds allegedly used by Windows Codename Whistler, XP's beta builds and Windows Longhorn, which was meant to be its own thing, but was reset and turned into Windows Vista.
It's fanmade distribution, OSMK+, is created on October 2019. and Heavenite Mockups Kit is created on January 2021.
During April of 2020, the OS Mockup Kit was deprecated, 1 month after that, the download links for the 4 sections was removed, and the official website known as osmk.lh11.xyz was removed. Despite of what happened, there are fanmade continuations of the OS Mockup Kit that provides the same or similar content to what the OS Mockup Kit used to bring for users, being some of this:
*Spyonclear's OSMK+ (released on October 2019, currently at May 2020 Update)
*SectorWire's Update SZR Revan (released on December 2020, development began during fall 2020)
*ChromaticAeternus' Heavenite Mockup Kit (planned during 2019, development began in late-2020, released on January 2021)
*Qreed2008's OSMK Blue (development began in April 2023, no releases as of writing)
==History==
Fean's WNR Kit is a predecessor from 2016 to 2017.
The version 0.3 released in August 20, 2017. Version 0.4 is created in August 23 with owner as Twiglets, and 0.5u by Glosswired with a major changes to the sounds folders in September 16, and the major update 0.6u in the next day with sorted backgrounds and logos into official ones and fanmades.
The kit was remade from Windows Mockup Kit to the OS Mockup Kit in 0.6.2u, September 30, with Photoshop Stuff are split from kit to be a separate file for Photoshop users. Version 0.7u are created in October 29, adding many macOS and Linux elements.
Version 0.8 was created before new 2018 year's eve, in 31 December, 2017. The kit was split into Graphic and Sound
Version 0.9 was the last private version. It have an another separate file called Camera Photos. It adds many Ubuntu background and more macOS elements and logons UI. Created on February 2, 2018.
===Public releases===
Version 1.0 is a first public release in their own website, which everybody can use it. Created on May 5. Every fanmade OSM files is named after OS Mockup Kit, and created Lite version for small storage space use, and released OS Resource Kit for official operating systems content (except of fake Windows Whistler and Longhorn sounds). It was to be a final version, but after a poll, Glosswired starts to work in 1.1
List of renames: Graphics → OSMK Graphics, Sounds → OSMK Sounds, Photoshop Addons → OSMK Photoshop Addons, Camera Photos → OSMK Camera Photos.
Version 1.1 is a first minor update, released in August 4, introducing OS Sound kit, and releasing OSMK Patch, while it was a file for only new content that added in version 1.1, for people who already downloaded every version 1.0 files. It adds more backgrounds, sounds, logos.
Version 1.2 is released on December 25. It adds more beta and rejected backgrounds, graphical assets, icons. Removed fanmade element that not likeable.
OSMK website moved to the osmk.lh11.xyz with a http protocol instead of https
Version 1.2 SP1 is released as a patch by lh11xyz, and announced on a Discord.
In Early-January 2020, Version 1.2 is deleted by Glosswired by unspecified reasons. A few of WNRers have version 1.2, and Spyonclear have Operating System Mockup Kit Plus, which have OSMK 1.2 as a base. UI are looking for a backup of OSMK 1.2, and telling people via OSMK's website to message him if they have OSMK 1.2. On Mid-January, Glosswired replaced the content of osmk.lh11.xyz to the goodbye note.
As of April 2020, UI dropped support of original OSMK, instead of doing version 1.3. However, Spyonclear's OSMK+ is still running.
Glosswired goodbye note to OSMK users
Thank you guys for downloading and utilizing this kit. However, the OS Mockup Kit is no longer available for various reasons, which are listed below.
"Why did you take the OSMK down, Glosswired?"
To be honest, I'm not exactly proud of my work on the OS Mockup Kit. Like, don't get me wrong, it has an impressive amount of graphics and sounds from operating systems. On the other hand, a lot of the kit is a confusing, disorganized mess, and many people (even myself) often struggle to find something that seems relatively simple. There's also lots of crediting issues, such as some sounds or backgrounds being attributed to the wrong people (e.g. "99walp.png" being credited to ui when Nermal actually did it). I simply don't want to be known mainly for this project.
"Come on, Gloss! Just fix those issues and release 1.3!"
No, sorry. I am no longer interested in working on a kit for a niche that mostly attracts immature/toxic children, and I think that is obvious considering 1.2 came out over a year ago. The community has grinded my gears for a long time, especially because of certain people that continue to harrass you even after cutting ties. I would like to move on and do other things, which is what the people who previously worked on OSMK have done.
"Will you still work on other packs?"
Possibly. As for the Windows HD Wallpaper Packs, I don't release new versions of those very often, although if I ever get enough new wallpapers to add to them I will release another version. There are possibly other wallpaper packs I'm thinking of making.
"Where can I get the OSMK 1.2 now, or at least the addon packs?"
Maybe someone will be kind enough to reupload it. As for the addon packs, you can either find the links by looking at an archived version of the site on the Internet Archive, or by directly asking the people who made the addon packs for a link. Please keep in mind some of these may have been taken down as some have been up there for 1.5 years.
Yes, the Google Drive links are still up for now, but are private. Please don't request for access, as you will not get it.
"Will someone else take over OSMK?"
Possibly. ui, who maintains this website, may take over but we'll see.
"Actually wait, isn't the OS Sound Kit still available?"
Yeah, it is. As that has much less issues than the other kits, I have decided to keep that up.
-Glosswired
==List of owners==
*Fean (Fean's WNR Kit)
*Nermal Cat (her version of Fean's WNR Kit)
*Twiglets1888 (Versions until 0.5u)
*Glosswired (Versions since 0.5u)
*lh11xyz (Patch 1.2 SP1)
== Trivia ==
* This page was the very first page to be created on OSMWiki.
* On this day, 2 years after the release of OS Mockup Kit 1.0, the first film from Arsenians Pictures was released - Andrey and the Lost Treasure.
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