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> I wonder if we will see a new paradigm anytime soon. I'd like to see something like a self-hosting library OS. The entire OS is a single giant application, s
by jtolmar 9y ago
> I wonder if we will see a new paradigm anytime soon.
I'd like to see something like a self-hosting library OS. The entire OS is a single giant application, software is installed by adding the source code and recompiling the whole thing, and security is done using language-level and package management constructs.
- shalabhc 9y agoYou mean the web browser, now with wasm? ;-)
- shawnz 9y agoOr any other platform that uses JIT
- sigjuice 9y agoSee https://mirage.io https://mirage.io MirageOS is a library operating system ...
- jtolmar 9y agoThe way a library OS normally works is that you compile your OS+App on one machine and install it on another (virtual or otherwise). What I'm suggesting is that you compile on one machine and then reinstall your OS on the same machine, and the result is still able to do this trick.
- fredrb 9y agoI like the idea of a library operating systems and the Unikernel architecture. But a good idea would be having a multi-thread operating system only as a hub for multiple virtualization boxes. Than we can leverage the idea of having an OS image bundles with the application and deploy there. We'd change completely how applications are managed/installed.
- thinkmassive 9y agoThis sounds similar to Project Atomic[1]. The base OS is CentOS or Fedora, system files are managed by OSTree[2], and applications are run as Docker containers. You could probably also use something like Flatpak[3] for desktop apps, which is the approach used by Endless OS[4]. What I find interesting is these two projects are using a similar approach but targeting opposite ends of the spectrum. Atomic is intended as a cutting edge server OS for enterprises that want an integrated stack for running containerized infrastructure (they also started publicizing Atomic Workstation as of the last release, although I found it painful to use due to a lack of docs). Endless is targeting emerging markets, composed primarily of first-time computer users. OSTree+Flatpak allows the desktop to run similarly to a mobile OS, and there’s minimal chance of users breaking the system itself. [1] https://www.projectatomic.io https://www.projectatomic.io [2] https://ostree.readthedocs.io https://ostree.readthedocs.io [3] https://flatpak.org https://flatpak.org [4] https://endlessos.com/for-developers https://endlessos.com/for-developers
- shalabhc 9y agoBTW, you might also find PhantomOS interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_OS Specifically 'Managed code: Memory protection on object level, rather than on process level'
- msangi 9y agoYou might like http://www.includeos.org/ http://www.includeos.org/