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Redox OS - an OS built entirely out of Rust (www.redox-os.org)
submitted 10 months ago by ChiefSinner@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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This isn't Linux, but Linux-like. Its a microkernel built from the rust programming language. Its still experimental, but I think it has great potential. It has a GUI desktop, but the compiler isn't quite fully working yet.

Has anyone used this before? What was your experience with it?

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[–] Spore@lemmy.ml 44 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
  1. breaks compatibility
  2. breaks compatibility
  3. breaks compatibility
  4. hard to add without breaking compatibility

Then we arrive at Rust as a natural outcome.

And it's of course possible to migrate to Rust from C or C++ progressively, fish has almost got it done.

[–] jack@monero.town 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Did fish migrate progressively tho? I thought they swap out everything at once as soon as the rewrite is ready

[–] Spore@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Well, they are not going to release in between, but their rewrite still "works" at each commit being a hybrid of Rust and C++.

[–] jack@monero.town 0 points 10 months ago

Ah, alright