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It is impressive to see a new architecture already have so much support for existing software with a relatively simple hardware support layer. It is already sta
by jjawssd 9y ago
It is impressive to see a new architecture already have so much support for existing software with a relatively simple hardware support layer. It is already standing on the shoulders of giants with millions of man-hours invested in software development to bring it to its current state.
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Why is Google developing a new operating system for their devices from scratch? Will this operating system be incompatible with all existing software? Or will it be compatible with software and hardware platforms like this one through some sort of compatibility layer?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13649523 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13649523
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15041567 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15041567
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15059349 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15059349
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14002386 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14002386
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15058351 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15058351
- pedroaraujo 9y agoFuschia will be a capability-based operative system [1], a new security model for computing. I guess Google wants to experiment with a new software system for secure IoT devices. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability-based_security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability-based_security
- snvzz 9y agoLinux, while very successful, is still essentially based on a design (UNIX) from ~1970. Much has rained since then in OS design.
- jjawssd 9y agoLinux has evolved considerably in design since the 1970s!