Re:The Google Nest Hub is first commercial Fuchsia device
by google234123 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @05:39PM
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It accomplishes much more than just solving the kernel ABI problem.
Re:The Google Nest Hub is first commercial Fuchsia device
by linuxftw on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @05:55PM
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It doesn't accomplish anything because nobody's going to use it.
Re:The Google Nest Hub is first commercial Fuchsia device
by google234123 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @06:30PM
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May the best software win.
Anyway, if they succeed in integrating it into Android then that will be a lot of users :P
Re:The Google Nest Hub is first commercial Fuchsia device
by linuxftw on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @07:33PM
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Seeing as how this is like the 5th or 6th year there has been some sort of press coverage about "Google's new OS" I'm not going to hold my breath.
Re:The Google Nest Hub is first commercial Fuchsia device
by pjmlp on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @02:20AM
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Android already uses a similar model since Project Treble was introduced, with version 8 all drivers must use Android IPC instead of being Linux drivers.
Treble driver model is quite similar to Fuchsia, so it already happened, no need to prove anything.
And if that sounds like it's too hard, imagine how hard it is to maintain your own kernel, and all the associated user space you now have to reinvent.
In fact, you don't even need to hard fork. You could have your own rolling tree with a stable "Android ABI" interface that vendors can write drivers against, optionally.
In any case, no company in their right mind would use this project. Google has proven repeatedly they will enforce a monopoly on their platform one way or another.