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Under no circumstances, it’s a microkernel for embedded systems. It’s like asking under what scenarios would you want to drive an ATV through New York. Technic
by subjectsigma 3y ago
Under no circumstances, it’s a microkernel for embedded systems.
It’s like asking under what scenarios would you want to drive an ATV through New York. Technically possible, but that’s just not what it was made to do.
- blacklion 3y agoIn practice, Linux is everywhere now, often in places where it should not be. Linux is truck/SUV of computer world if I can extend your analogy. It doesn't belong to center of big city, but it is here.
- Affric 3y agoMy conversations with people who have implemented Linux where it shouldn’t have been have essentially boiled down to it being easier to hire Linux developers than embedded systems developers
- blacklion 3y agoYes, it is "good enough" and familiar to everybody in industry. I understand that. But it doesn't mean we don't need to try harder.
- ertian 3y agoIt's easier to hire linux kernel devs, there's more documentation, tooling & examples, device drivers & filesystems are more widely available, etc. Every other OS has to play catch-up. They either need a killer app or lots of funding, or else they'll be stuck in a specific niche.