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Redox OS - an OS built entirely out of Rust (www.redox-os.org)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This isn't Linux, but Linux-like. Its a microkernel built from the rust programming language. Its still experimental, but I think it has great potential. It has a GUI desktop, but the compiler isn't quite fully working yet.

Has anyone used this before? What was your experience with it?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Now imagine the new COSMIC desktop environment in Rust on Redox, that would be great

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Probably inevitable considering Jeremy Soller is the lead dev on Redox while also currently contributing to COSMIC.

To be honest, I'm surprised COSMIC isn't the default, but it's likely due to display server stuff that isn't part of Redox (Wayland, etc.).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

This is already in progress. COSMIC applications are compatible with Redox OS.

[+] [email protected] -19 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Why would that be great? It's so weird that people care this much about what language their OS is written in...

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago

Rust is a memory-safe language. So in this case, it could result in more stable software.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

I personally like rust, so I get excited when cool things are done with it because each one makes rust just that much bigger, which leads to it being made that much better.

I see projects like that as more of a statement that "rust can do it" than anything.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I want the newest, best software. Is that uncommon? Modern rewrites are often much better than their age-old counterparts since the tech got better over time, compare for example grep vs ripgrep, or find vs fd. The rewrites are much faster and user-friendlier

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Memory corruption bugs account for a majority of cve's in the linux kernel