Ask HN: What are the most innovative new OSes in active development?
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> I like his ideas about tighter vertical integration between the OS and desktop apps, and a browser that is a smart document reader, as opposed to a VM for web apps.
Other actively developed OSes that fit this level of OS + desktop apps integration are:
ReactOS: https://reactos.org/
Haiku: https://www.haiku-os.org/
Redox: https://www.redox-os.org/
> Bonus points for non-POSIX plays or language choices beyond C/C++/Rust :)
Then you will pretty much like Fuchsia, a new OS by Google that is actively developed in the open and uses its own kernel called Zircon which is a microkernel optimised for modern processor architectures and multi-core machines.
Several drivers are actively written in Rust and its networking stack is written in Golang. Everything else including the kernel is written mostly in C++11.
https://fuchsia.dev/fuchsia-src/the-book
Other actively developed OSes that fit this level of OS + desktop apps integration are:
ReactOS: https://reactos.org/
Haiku: https://www.haiku-os.org/
Redox: https://www.redox-os.org/
> Bonus points for non-POSIX plays or language choices beyond C/C++/Rust :)
Then you will pretty much like Fuchsia, a new OS by Google that is actively developed in the open and uses its own kernel called Zircon which is a microkernel optimised for modern processor architectures and multi-core machines.
Several drivers are actively written in Rust and its networking stack is written in Golang. Everything else including the kernel is written mostly in C++11.
https://fuchsia.dev/fuchsia-src/the-book
Interesting..
ReactOS -> targets Windows XP compatibility.
HaikuOS -> targets BeOS compatibility & POSIX too.
Redox -> Unix-like with Microkernel design
ReactOS -> targets Windows XP compatibility.
HaikuOS -> targets BeOS compatibility & POSIX too.
Redox -> Unix-like with Microkernel design
Not sure how active is it but Genode looks interesting:
https://genode.org/about/index
"The Genode OS Framework is a tool kit for building highly secure special-purpose operating systems."
"Genode is based on a recursive system structure. Each program runs in a dedicated sandbox and gets granted only those access rights and resources that are needed for its specific purpose."
https://genode.org/about/index
"The Genode OS Framework is a tool kit for building highly secure special-purpose operating systems."
"Genode is based on a recursive system structure. Each program runs in a dedicated sandbox and gets granted only those access rights and resources that are needed for its specific purpose."
I am curious to hear about other innovative ideas happening with other OSes in active development.
Bonus points for non-POSIX plays or language choices beyond C/C++/Rust :)
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21212294