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>There will not be a single OS (or even distribution or kernel) running on a given instance of the The Machine—it is intended to support multiple different envi
by zxcvcxz 11y ago
>There will not be a single OS (or even distribution or kernel) running on a given instance of the The Machine—it is intended to support multiple different environments.
What does this mean? Doesn't it need some kind of base system so it knows what to do when someone loads a new OS?
- static_noise 11y agoThis sounds just like virtualization where some hypervisor exists to guard hardware access. This probably could be implemented in hardware or running in a separate processor. So calling that an OS is a bit of an exaggeration.