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>that's not Linux derived I get that it's supposed to be a strength but it will also be the reason it will be absolutely useless. Even BSDs implemented the Linu

>that's not Linux derived I get that it's supposed to be a strength but it will also be the reason it will be absolutely useless. Even BSDs implemented the Linux glue because everything is made for Linux.

farisjarrah 7y ago
Even if this is absolutely useless, there is an intrinsic value to the author to create this, to learn, and an extrinsic value to this: It may inspire some linux or BSD kernel dev to fix a long standing bug or add increased functionality.
- Koshkin 7y ago
  So... you are saying that it is not absolutely useless even if it is absolutely useless.
  - klyrs 7y ago
    No. It's not absolutely useless, even if it is practically useless. Do professional musicians play scales? Yes. Even if nobody would pay to hear it
trasz 7y ago
The „Linux glue” in FreeBSD is just for closed source applications that can’t be rebuilt. Pretty much all the software written for Linux can be easily ported to other Unix systems, since most of the APIs are portable, and the ones that are Linux-specific are usually either useful only for system software (eg netlink) or are broken but design and nobody uses them anyway (eg signalfd(3)).
- wbl 7y ago
  Ooh what is broken about signalfd?
grenoire 7y ago
Linus did not intend Linux to be ran on anything but his PC setup either, but here we are.
s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
> There is (very simple) POSIX subsystem in Phantom.
pjmlp 7y ago
ChromeOS, iOS, Android and plenty of IoT MIT licensed OSes prove otherwise. We just need money and willingness to press forward no matter what challenges come into developers direction, to avoid a Linux monoculture. And no, the fact that ChromeOS and Android use Linux kernel doesn't matter, as it is hardly exposed to userspace.
- rvz 7y ago
  Fuchsia + Zircon kernel is probably the most serious answer to being a mainstream "open-source" non-linux alternative operating system other than GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS.

farisjarrah 7y ago

Even if this is absolutely useless, there is an intrinsic value to the author to create this, to learn, and an extrinsic value to this: It may inspire some linux or BSD kernel dev to fix a long standing bug or add increased functionality.

Koshkin 7y ago
So... you are saying that it is not absolutely useless even if it is absolutely useless.
- klyrs 7y ago
  No. It's not absolutely useless, even if it is practically useless. Do professional musicians play scales? Yes. Even if nobody would pay to hear it

trasz 7y ago

The „Linux glue” in FreeBSD is just for closed source applications that can’t be rebuilt. Pretty much all the software written for Linux can be easily ported to other Unix systems, since most of the APIs are portable, and the ones that are Linux-specific are usually either useful only for system software (eg netlink) or are broken but design and nobody uses them anyway (eg signalfd(3)).

wbl 7y ago
Ooh what is broken about signalfd?

grenoire 7y ago

Linus did not intend Linux to be ran on anything but his PC setup either, but here we are.

s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago

> There is (very simple) POSIX subsystem in Phantom.

pjmlp 7y ago

ChromeOS, iOS, Android and plenty of IoT MIT licensed OSes prove otherwise. We just need money and willingness to press forward no matter what challenges come into developers direction, to avoid a Linux monoculture. And no, the fact that ChromeOS and Android use Linux kernel doesn't matter, as it is hardly exposed to userspace.

rvz 7y ago
Fuchsia + Zircon kernel is probably the most serious answer to being a mainstream "open-source" non-linux alternative operating system other than GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS.