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The #Rust for #Linux debacle should be a wake-up call for accelerating safe OS innovation.

#FreeBSD proves you can reuse huge pieces of Linux, with GPU and WiFi drivers ported in kernel space (LinuxKPI) and USB (input, video capture, etc.) drivers running in userspace (webcamd – RIP Hans 😔). This all in a relatively sustainable way with a very small group of developers.

What we need to be building is kind of an inverse of R4L, a "Linux for Rust", a common Driver Depenguinator, a successor to webcamd that would port Linux drivers to a common abstraction layer (like embedded-hal but not so embedded) that would be implemented for both Linux/BSD userspace (w/ CUSE, uinput, UIO, udmabuf, /dev/mem, etc.) and various microkernels like #Redox.

That would be an LSP-style "NxM to N+M" moment for OSdev, instantly making microkernel projects a lot more viable in practice.

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@cameronbosch @funkybuddha @itsfoss That being said AFAICT #RedoxOS at least has a #GUI, so unlike #OS1337 there's way less work necessary to build applications for it.

Wenn genügend #Opensource Software darauf laufen, dann kann es evt. noch sehr populär werden. Nur für gewisse Sparten oder breit populär sehen wir dann, wenn populäre kommerzielle Software darauf läuft wäre es der Sieger 😉

»Komplett neues #Betriebssystem: Redox packt bald eigenen #Server und #Desktop an.
Das in #Rust geschriebene freie Betriebssystem #Redox nimmt langsam Fahrt auf. Bis nächstes Jahr wollen die Entwickler eine stabile Server-Version präsentieren.​«

⚙️ heise.de/news/Redox-Ausblick-f

heise online · Komplett neues Betriebssystem: Redox packt bald eigenen Server und Desktop anBy Michael Plura