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Re:Maestro: A Linux-compatible kernel in Rust by snvzz on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @08:58AM (#38854078)
I applaud them for getting things done vs just talking about it.

Personally, I find yet another monolithic kernel unix clone is not what we need, but the point here is that it's made in Rust, which itself is an experiment; It is best to not do too many experiments at once, thus cannot complain.

Re:Maestro: A Linux-compatible kernel in Rust by diggan on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @09:00AM (#38854103)
> Personally, I find yet another monolithic kernel unix clone is not what we need

It seems highly irrelevant what you or I need. The author explicitly made the project as a learning experience, not for others. The "Why" is described in the opening paragraph, and makes the goal very clear.

And it seems like the author was highly successful, so congratulations author! Great to see people diving headfirst into very complicated parts of the stack.

Re:Maestro: A Linux-compatible kernel in Rust by snvzz on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @09:05AM (#38854164)
>It seems highly irrelevant what you or I need.

There is no need to twist my words into sounding negative.

As already explained in the parent, congratulations to them for getting it done, and I believe it does provide value through testing one thing (Rust) while sticking to the very mature and well understood UNIX design.

Re:Maestro: A Linux-compatible kernel in Rust by diggan on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @10:24AM (#38855133)
Sorry if it sounded rough but I don't think I twisted anything. It's fairly common for people on here to post stuff they done as a learning exercise, and also very common for others to then ask "But what is the value?" and "This doesn't seem useful to anyone", which I think could put first-time authors off from HN. I guess I just got a bit tired of it at this point.
Re:Maestro: A Linux-compatible kernel in Rust by llenotre on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @10:01AM (#38854835)
Thank you very much!
Re:Maestro: A Linux-compatible kernel in Rust by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @09:31AM (#38854445)
I mean, https://www.redox-os.org/ exists if you're into that
Re:Maestro: A Linux-compatible kernel in Rust by snvzz on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @09:54AM (#38854738)
Genode[0] is the project I'd suggest looking at, for state of the art OS architecture.

0. https://www.genode.org