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Re:Redox – A Unix-Like Operating System Written in Rust by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @02:03PM (#18443766)
I get where the post is coming from though. Redox decides to write a brand new kernel with some interesting ideas, but then basically just slaps a UNIX-like userland on top of it.
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Re:Redox – A Unix-Like Operating System Written in Rust by weberc2 on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @02:52PM (#18444266)
What's wrong with changing a few things at a time? Why should this project attempt to solve every problem at once? I can't imagine that resulting in a usable system, at least not in the next decade.
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Re:Redox – A Unix-Like Operating System Written in Rust by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @04:34PM (#18445127)
Nothing wrong with it really, especially since Redox bills itself as a research OS (at least it did last I checked) and not a contender for replacing desktops.

But I still share the original poster's disappointment in yet another UNIX-like system, especially at a time when, in my opinion, Personal Computing and the Desktop in particular are being driven towards extinction.

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Re:Redox – A Unix-Like Operating System Written in Rust by dralley on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @03:47PM (#18444727)
If they just waited around for people to support Redox in every application natively, it would never happen. A Posix'y shim layer is a very practical concession.
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Re:Redox – A Unix-Like Operating System Written in Rust by empath75 on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @02:40PM (#18444158)
Path of least resistance -- but it seems like you can write a non-unix-like userland on top of it if you want to.
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