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"Nowadays, when it's in half of phones, most consumer smart appliances, literally every internet company, and even cars, it's just wrong. Linux is the default w

"Nowadays, when it's in half of phones, most consumer smart appliances, literally every internet company, and even cars, it's just wrong. Linux is the default work tool whether you like it or not." Yeah, that's precisely the reason why my TV is so slow and why I have to press buttons on the remote twice or thrice because Linux on ARM is losing events. A toy operating system not fit for production. Linux never evolved into something more mature, and considering what kind of people work on it, never will. They aren't engineers, they're amateurs and it shows. Luckily illumos continues to develop so I can run a real operating system which doesn't have such performance problems... in production.

pjc50 7y ago
You run Solaris on your television?
icedchai 7y ago
Your remote probably just needs new batteries. Solaris was never suitable for embedded devices. Illumos won't even run on ARM. Linux's strength is its versatility: from small embedded systems to big iron.
- Annatar 7y ago
  No, the remote does not need new batteries; Linux is slow. There is an unfinished port of illumos to ARM. Solaris was traditionally used for embedded applications (such as flight control systems in airplanes) and it is ideal for embedded applications because it has miniscule memory and processor requirements.
  - icedchai 7y ago
    Linux is not slow. I wrote a device driver that ran on Linux ARM and was capable of handling thousands of external events per second. This was over 10 years ago when ARM systems were much, much slower than they are today. If your TV is slow, it's not because of the Linux kernel. Bad apps run on every operating system. Solaris may have been used for embedded applications, but was never "ideal" for them. We called it "Slowaris" in the 90's for a reason. Those 3 to 5 minute boot times really got to you...

pjc50 7y ago

You run Solaris on your television?

icedchai 7y ago

Your remote probably just needs new batteries. Solaris was never suitable for embedded devices. Illumos won't even run on ARM. Linux's strength is its versatility: from small embedded systems to big iron.

Annatar 7y ago
No, the remote does not need new batteries; Linux is slow. There is an unfinished port of illumos to ARM. Solaris was traditionally used for embedded applications (such as flight control systems in airplanes) and it is ideal for embedded applications because it has miniscule memory and processor requirements.
- icedchai 7y ago
  Linux is not slow. I wrote a device driver that ran on Linux ARM and was capable of handling thousands of external events per second. This was over 10 years ago when ARM systems were much, much slower than they are today. If your TV is slow, it's not because of the Linux kernel. Bad apps run on every operating system. Solaris may have been used for embedded applications, but was never "ideal" for them. We called it "Slowaris" in the 90's for a reason. Those 3 to 5 minute boot times really got to you...