I had a chance to skim over the paper, and I'm very inspired; I'm looking forward to reading it in depth and considering its lessons while working on my side project. For about a decade, I've been dreaming about building a modern operating system that is highly malleable and encourages component-based software design, and I've collected many thoughts and done a lot of reading. I've been inspired by many projects, inc…
> from basing off of Plan 9 to building a new exokernel in a language like Rust
This seems like a big change. Won't the driver support and infrastructure be even more of a hassle? And why an exokernel in particular?
> using a single-address space design similar to Opal
Why?
I like the emphasis on composability and user control. I think, more and more, people are realizing the necessity to seek out OS designs different than the mainstream offerings'. Can't let Linux be the final stage of OS evolution!