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Re:DahliaOS operating system, combining the best of GNU/Linu... by olliej on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @03:48AM (#24977729)
What is it taking from fuchsia?

The core benefits of fuchsia are the kernel architecture and the security model it allows. If you're using linux for the kernel you have inherently done away with the primary advantage of fuchsia.

I looked briefly at the homepage but the actual architecture was not obvious even though their webpage was "pretty".

Can someone explain what it is they've done in a nice easy TLDR form?

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Re:DahliaOS operating system, combining the best of GNU/Linu... by nmcain on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @03:57AM (#24977781)
With those benefits, there are also some major caveats that temporarily put a wrench in development. Fuchsia demands a system with a Kaby Lake CPU or newer, which were fairly hard to come by. Thanks to recent innovations in Fuchsia's emulator, it is easier to work on the UI and lower layers of the system, but it is still much easier to develop on and distribute Linux images for the time being.
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