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Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release

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Post by jackpot51 » Wed, Sep 20, 2017, 3:35 AM UTC

Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release
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Re: Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release

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Post by jackpot51 » Wed, Sep 20, 2017, 3:37 AM UTC

I am the creator of Redox OS. It is a microkernel based operating system mostly written in Rust.

Please ask any questions or make any comments you have about Redox!

EDIT: I am going to sleep soon. I will be up in 8 hours, 7 A.M. Mountain Time.

Re: Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release

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Post by eklavya » Wed, Sep 20, 2017, 4:04 AM UTC

I have a question. In the fuchsia/zircon thread some people (committers?) were saying that Rust was not suited and would be difficult. Redox is also a microkernel. So are there any limitations or not?

Re: Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release

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Post by jackpot51 » Wed, Sep 20, 2017, 4:06 AM UTC

eklavya wrote: post #3

I have a question. In the fuchsia/zircon thread some people (committers?) were saying that Rust was not suited and would be difficult. Redox is also a microkernel. So are there any limitations or not?

Limitations of Rust or of microkernels?

Rust has not impacted development in any negative way. On the contrary, it has been incredibly helpful and has boosted development.

Re: Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release

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Post by piinbinary » Wed, Sep 20, 2017, 4:13 AM UTC

jackpot51 wrote: post #2

I am the creator of Redox OS. It is a microkernel based operating system mostly written in Rust. Please ask any questions or make any comments you have about Redox! EDIT: I am going to sleep soon. I will be up in 8 hours, 7 A.M. Mountain Time.

What are the most common classes of bugs you observe?

Re: Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release

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Post by cjbprime » Wed, Sep 20, 2017, 4:18 AM UTC

I expect this sort of work doesn't get enough praise because it's just the start of what a full OS would look like, but I think having OS kernels written with more memory safety is awesome and necessary.

Re: Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release

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Post by jitl » Wed, Sep 20, 2017, 4:20 AM UTC

What is the security model of Redox? We’ve heard a bunch recently about the capabilities security model in Fuschia/Zircon, which is the other new operating system that excites me. Can you compare the two?

Re: Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release

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Post by javajosh » Wed, Sep 20, 2017, 4:20 AM UTC

What is the breakdown of the ISO size? It's now 430MB - what are all those bits? (I ask because, as a new OS, I'd expect it to be really tiny since it's so new.)

Re: Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release

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Post by jackpot51 » Wed, Sep 20, 2017, 4:23 AM UTC

javajosh wrote: post #8

What is the breakdown of the ISO size? It's now 430MB - what are all those bits? (I ask because, as a new OS, I'd expect it to be really tiny since it's so new.)

- 64 MB - Preallocated kernel buffers

- 256 MB - Live filesystem

- The rest - Running applications

Re: Show HN: Redox Rust OS – v0.3.3 release

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Post by jackpot51 » Wed, Sep 20, 2017, 4:25 AM UTC

piinbinary wrote: post #5

jackpot51 wrote: post #2

I am the creator of Redox OS. It is a microkernel based operating system mostly written in Rust. Please ask any questions or make any comments you have about Redox! EDIT: I am going to sleep soon. I will be up in 8 hours, 7 A.M. Mountain Time.

What are the most common classes of bugs you observe?

I would say the most common are logic errors.