Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release

Re:Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release by javajosh on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @12:20AM (#15290831)

What is the breakdown of the ISO size? It's now 430MB - what are all those bits? (I ask because, as a new OS, I'd expect it to be really tiny since it's so new.)

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Re:Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release by jackpot51 on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @12:23AM (#15290844)

- 64 MB - Preallocated kernel buffers

- 256 MB - Live filesystem

- The rest - Running applications

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Re:Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release by javajosh on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @01:28AM (#15291062)

Hey there, thanks for the response. Just DL'd the ISO and it's only 38MB. I think there is some ambiguity when you say "Lower Memory Usage" and then talk about "ISO size". I was expecting the download to be 430MB!

Also, I ran the ISO in Virtual Box and it's far more than I thought it would be. It's not just a barebones kernel and shell, you actually included a simple window manager and some GUI applications! It booted nice and fast, too.

Great work.

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