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I think it's a cool project even though I have no interest in downloading and running it, but it's a technological curiosity that might yield some insight of ot

I think it's a cool project even though I have no interest in downloading and running it, but it's a technological curiosity that might yield some insight of other things. If you're so hell-bent on knowing what differentiates Fiwix from xv6 why don't you download the projects and compare them? You shouldn't be asking others to do your work for you, or to justify their choices and actions to you.

Rochus 2y ago
> You shouldn't be asking others to do your work for you, or to justify their choices and actions to you. Are you serious? This is HN, so it's reasonable to assume that there are people here (obviously not you) who know the project and can answer questions about it quickly. After all, the project author has even set up a dedicated website and is asking for support for his project. It should be in his and the other project contributors' interest to communicate the advantages of the project to people on their own initiative. I don't consider it my job to analyze the source code to find out for myself. I'm very interested in lean operating systems, especially for embedded SMP systems, but my time is limited.