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>Redox OS What is interesting about this OS except it is made with Rust? I mean some interesting architecture , new exiting features that are not in Windows/Un
by simion314 5y ago
>Redox OS
What is interesting about this OS except it is made with Rust? I mean some interesting architecture , new exiting features that are not in Windows/Unix world?
My question is if Redox OS is more similar to other hobby Oses we see here or is something more well thought like Plan9, Fuschia, Singularity ? Is there a link where someone that is not a Rust fanoboy (but maybe an OS fanboy) reviewed/described it in more detail?
- dralley 5y agoRedox is Plan9-inspired except it goes a little further with some of the core concepts. Instead of everything being a file, everything is a scheme (basically a URL).
- throwaway894345 5y agoI thought Unix was “everything is a file” and Plan9 was “everything is a filesystem”?
- dralley 5y agoMaybe so. I guess the point is, the concept that different types of resources need different protocols is baked in, rather than picking one type of abstraction and applying it to every type of resource. https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch04-10-everything-is-a-url.html https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch04-10-everything-is-a-url.ht... There are some filesystem-like usage patterns built on top of that which are universal, but they're more limited. https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch04-06-schemes.html https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch04-06-schemes.html
- pjmlp 5y agoOn Unix "everything is a file" until sockets came into the party.