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I'm sorry but the landing page at fuzix.org (the top page nonetheless) is terrible as it does not even try to explain what FUZIX even IS. I went to the GitHub p

by jmmv 6mo ago

I'm sorry but the landing page at fuzix.org (the top page nonetheless) is terrible as it does not even try to explain what FUZIX even IS. I went to the GitHub project page, which contains some more details, but it still doesn't answer the question and only talks about how FUZIX differs from UZI. To be honest, I still have no idea what I'm looking at.

ad_hockey 6mo ago
The GitHub repo also seems to be archived.
- lproven 6mo ago
  To quote the comment from higher on the page – https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818363 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818363 – « Oh, and don't be fooled by the archived status - it moved to https://codeberg.org/EtchedPixels/FUZIX https://codeberg.org/EtchedPixels/FUZIX »
kasumispencer2 6mo ago
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- tengwar2 6mo ago
  An operating system for munitions? An intelligent distribution panel? Seriously, it's not that hard for the maintainer to write one sentence describing what the project does.
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  - kasumispencer2 6mo ago
    "Munitions"? "Intelligent distribution panel"? Look, the UNIX part might not be obvious at all, but if you somehow didn't have enough of a rough idea after seeing that many retro CPUs and systems listed below, that might say more about you than the author.
    - lpln3452 6mo ago
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        lpln3452 6mo ago
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        swiftcoder 6mo ago
        > It lists platforms so it's an OS that runs on these platforms That doesn't tell me what it is in a concrete sense. Must be hundreds of OS that run on similar hardware - what makes this one different?
        kasumispencer2 6mo ago
        Ah, but at least you do know it's an OS, yes?
        swiftcoder 6mo ago
        That wasn't ever in doubt. That's also not the relevant piece of information - people looking for a summary want to know why the thing is worth paying spending time on, not random attributes
        kasumispencer2 6mo ago
        You do realize when you say that you do assume they know it's an OS and by that you effectively have to regress into using the same level of argument as me just like how I assume they don't know it's an OS, right?
- functionmouse 6mo ago
  you are not only rude but you are also unhelpful
  - kasumispencer2 6mo ago
    If this one sentence is rude in your opinion then I have very bad news for you
DeathArrow 6mo ago
>it does not even try to explain what FUZIX even IS Fuzix is a very simple UNIX clone (and a for of UZI) started by Alan Cox, an ex-Linux kernel developer) as his retirement project. It aims to run on old CPUs like Z80 and on microcontrollers. I found it when searching what OS can I run on the $4 Raspberry Pi Pico.
- homarp 6mo ago
  announce discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8548429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8548429

by jmmv 6mo ago

ad_hockey 6mo ago

The GitHub repo also seems to be archived.

lproven 6mo ago
To quote the comment from higher on the page – https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818363 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818363 – « Oh, and don't be fooled by the archived status - it moved to https://codeberg.org/EtchedPixels/FUZIX https://codeberg.org/EtchedPixels/FUZIX »

kasumispencer2 6mo ago

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tengwar2 6mo ago
An operating system for munitions? An intelligent distribution panel? Seriously, it's not that hard for the maintainer to write one sentence describing what the project does.
- deleted 6mo ago
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- kasumispencer2 6mo ago
  "Munitions"? "Intelligent distribution panel"? Look, the UNIX part might not be obvious at all, but if you somehow didn't have enough of a rough idea after seeing that many retro CPUs and systems listed below, that might say more about you than the author.
  - lpln3452 6mo ago
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      - swiftcoder 6mo ago
        > It lists platforms so it's an OS that runs on these platforms That doesn't tell me what it is in a concrete sense. Must be hundreds of OS that run on similar hardware - what makes this one different?
        kasumispencer2 6mo ago
        Ah, but at least you do know it's an OS, yes?
        swiftcoder 6mo ago
        That wasn't ever in doubt. That's also not the relevant piece of information - people looking for a summary want to know why the thing is worth paying spending time on, not random attributes
        kasumispencer2 6mo ago
        You do realize when you say that you do assume they know it's an OS and by that you effectively have to regress into using the same level of argument as me just like how I assume they don't know it's an OS, right?
functionmouse 6mo ago
you are not only rude but you are also unhelpful
- kasumispencer2 6mo ago
  If this one sentence is rude in your opinion then I have very bad news for you

DeathArrow 6mo ago

>it does not even try to explain what FUZIX even IS Fuzix is a very simple UNIX clone (and a for of UZI) started by Alan Cox, an ex-Linux kernel developer) as his retirement project. It aims to run on old CPUs like Z80 and on microcontrollers. I found it when searching what OS can I run on the $4 Raspberry Pi Pico.

homarp 6mo ago
announce discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8548429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8548429