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Actually its only the PS5 that's FreeBSD based. Switch runs a completely proprietary Nintendo OS that borrows a lot from Android.
by rstat1 3y ago
Actually its only the PS5 that's FreeBSD based. Switch runs a completely proprietary Nintendo OS that borrows a lot from Android.
- GranPC 3y agoIt borrows very little from Android - I think it mostly draws some parts from stagefright.
- rstat1 3y agoAlso borrows the whole of its compositor "nvnflinger" from Android's "SurfaceFlinger". I'd call that a pretty significant piece.
- WhereIsTheTruth 3y agoA mix of the two "partially Unix-like via certain components which are based on FreeBSD and Android" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch_system_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch_system_softwar...
- rstat1 3y agofrom the same article "it is based on a proprietary microkernel" "....Despite popular misconceptions to the contrary, Horizon (the Switch's OS) is not largely derived from FreeBSD code, nor from Android..."