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I want to know the answer to this. I have a really good track record of picking things that are about to get hot (julia, elixir, zig). As much as I love linux

I want to know the answer to this. I have a really good track record of picking things that are about to get hot (julia, elixir, zig). As much as I love linux, I also hate it. I'm ready for the next OS.

pshirshov 5y ago
Noone is working on the next general purpose OS for the end user. Maybe apart of Google. For some reason people wish to stick with dated unsafe crap from prehistoric era.
- hatmatrix 5y ago
  GNU Hurd should be ready any day now...
  - gjsman-1000 5y ago
    They got audio support in a basic form a few years ago. That's how far behind they are.
  - pshirshov 5y ago
    Ready for what?
    - AnimalMuppet 5y ago
      For being put out to pasture? Right, I'll show myself out...
- zekrioca 5y ago
  You may do some more research [1]. [1] http://www.barrelfish.org/ http://www.barrelfish.org/
  - pshirshov 5y ago
    Looks like another pile of memory-unsafe C crap: http://git.barrelfish.org/?p=barrelfish;a=blobdiff;f=usr/drivers/enet/enet_module.c;h=e8f11dd91848091e0a4d9a8512f870f741f966b6;hp=a9e3c2d38b939ec0283c7be554333b6ade3ccb67;hb=0b09b6c6ec1971d38d0b474df37a6dcb9e44936c;hpb=29875f3479b15f92412772aa546a1a5ad0a2e0de http://git.barrelfish.org/?p=barrelfish;a=blobdiff;f=usr/dri... This will never become a modern OS. Wasted effort, wasted time, wasted money.
yissp 5y ago
[something].js https://xkcd.com/1508/ https://xkcd.com/1508/
- dnautics 5y ago
  M.E.T.A.L (https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...) - hopefully "pandemic" won't take the place of the 5 years war between 2020 and 2025
  - pjmlp 5y ago
    That depends pretty much on the anti-vaccine folks.