"This experiment will compare development speed, costs, and required manpower to the proprietary Microsoft Windows development of recent Windows releases," the site adds. "It is not intended to compare features, discuss viral/malware issues, or anything outside of actual development aspects when comparing."

For the purpose of the experiment, Robinson has defined "a complete desktop operating system" as one that has a GUI-driven desktop; can connect to the Internet or LAN via ethernet and wifi; has a GUI package management application capable not just of downloading and installing additional software but also of removing unwanted software; can automatically work out and install any software dependencies; can apply system, security, and application updates as required or available; and for which development files are freely available so as to allow further development.

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Robinson will build and launch releases each day during the month of August.

"This will give me a few weeks of planning and prep, and to on what they would like," he explains.