Show HN: Ikkekernel – The Fork of Linux(github.com)

7 pointsby roschdalvor 3 Jahren12 comments

https://github.com/ikkje/ikkekernel

12 comments

znpyvor 3 Jahren

The entirety of https://github.com/ikkje/ikkekernel/blob/main/CHANGES.md :

    Ikkekernel changes
    ==================
    
    List of changes between Linux and Ikkekernel:
    * TODO

count me skeptical

roschdalvor 3 Jahren

The project has just started and the goals are defined. I have setup the GitHub project, successfully compiled and installed the kernel, and posted to Hacker News.

Do you have ideas or suggestions for this fine Linux fork?

kzrdudevor 3 Jahren

Do many tools fail if you boot with a kernel that doesn't have "linux" in its name?

roschdalvor 3 Jahren

Part of this Linux-fork project is finding a solution to this edge-case problem.

KomoDvor 3 Jahren

So you've done nothing and decided to post on HN anyway?

roschdalvor 3 Jahren

Asking for feedback from users early, and by now many ideas have been collected, and the fork on Github is building with CI and working well. I am now creating an automated development environment using Docker and Vagrant.

znpyvor 3 Jahren

Yes: first the changes, then the publishing

roschdalvor 3 Jahren

Which changes do you suggest? This is the ideas-gathering and initial design thinking phase of the project.

The CHANGES document now has some real changes and future work ideas also: https://github.com/ikkje/ikkekernel/blob/main/CHANGES.md

And I forked Firefox, since I am planning to compare these two ideas to find which one is most likely to succeed: https://github.com/ikkje/ikkefox

phendrenad2vor 3 Jahren

Interesting project, I wish you luck. We do need forks of Linux, because the one-size-fits-all codebase model is starting to show its limits. But most people are stuck with mainline, because there are so many security patches to keep up with.

Endyvor 3 Jahren

If you can do something to implement anything from ReactOS, so that a user can natively execute Windows/DOS software alongside *nix, it would be something of value.

nektrovor 3 Jahren

> because we need a Linux fork

actually we don't

pacmanchevor 3 Jahren

Is this a play on not-linux?