Redox OS With COSMIC Apps Is Looking Quite Nice

just_another_person , 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago)

This is a far cry from big news, considering they’ve got so much trouble even keeping the kernel stable enough to run for long periods of time if not on a very specific spec of hardware.

I’ll get excited to try it when they start refactoring , get a non-insane structure in place, and get a bigger list of supported hardware into the kernel. I’m still confused on why they’re working on a server version already without the above anyway. Cart before the horse.

Tramort , 16 days ago

Such an awesome project.

kurumin , 16 days ago

Right? They might even replace GNOME.

autotldr Bot , 16 days ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

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Jeremy Soller who is an engineer at System76 and manages a side hustle of leading development on the open-source, Rust-written Redox OS has shared the latest look at this open-source operating system with the System76 COSMIC desktop applications.

Redox OS down to its micro-kernel is leveraging Rust and thus the COSMIC apps – also leveraging Rust – are a great fit for this open-source OS.

Here’s a look at Redox OS from a few years ago when I last gave it a shot, rather basic:

Now here’s the latest look at Redox OS that Solley posted to X with the caption "This is Redox OS, a Rust and micro-kernel based operating system that I created, running three COSMIC DE apps (with only Rust dependencies) that I authored.

Jeremy in follow-up comments also added that they still need to port DRM kernel graphics drivers to make gaming more viable and self-hosting is “very close”.

Nice job to those that continue to be involved in this from-scratch Rust-written open-source OS.

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mehdi_benadel , 16 days ago

You are completely useless, my dear bot. The article has less words than your explanation.

kurumin , 16 days ago

Lol