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Redox OS - an OS built entirely out of Rust (www.redox-os.org)
submitted 2 years ago by 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?

Note: If this is inappropriate since this isn't technically Linux, mods please take down.

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[–] 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
  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.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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