What does /g/ think of Redox OS, the new operating system being written in Rust?
https://github.com/redox-os/redox
it's a ruse
Will this replace Linux?
>>62167995
>icons look like fucking iOS icons
D R O P P E D
>microkernel
It's DOA
>>62167995
doesn't look bad, hopefully it has some innovations(R) beyond just being written in Rust tho
>>62168432
muh elegance
already looks better than windows.
>>62168452
what are the qualifications for an "innovation" to be "innovative"? Because I don't think there's that much they could do that isn't already being done by other operating systems that could be considered innovative, in a useful sense.
It can run screenfetch, so it's good enough for half of /g/
>>62167995
Why? Whats better compared to linux?
>>62168605
Because they can faggot.
>>62167995
I hope it will be good. I want a future with open source desktops being the norm.
>>62168605
anything is better than linux solely on the basis of it not being linux
>>62168667
>I hope it will be good.
me too.
I hope it uses only modern 64bit x86-64 (aka AMD64) architecture and throws away all support for legacy - except for that which is absolutely necessary.
What does the "R" stand for?
>rust
dropped
>>62168698
Hopefully
>>62168743
>OS is named Redox, made in Rust
>asks what R stands for
Wot?
>>62168743
Rape. The "R" stands for rape.
>>62168363
>>62168605
Linux is a kernel. Redox is an OS.
So it it doesn't replace only Redox but GNU faggotry as well.
>>62167995
>flat ui
I'd literally rather use Windows.
Is there a prebuilt image anywhere or do I have to built it?
>>62169056
Aside from Cuckzilla's SJW'ness Rust is a great language and the only promising C competitor. We should use it and turn the culture around, pretty easy considering how the language is still obscure to most.
Can I play my emulators on its?
>>62169534
It's literally not even a year old project. It can't do shit just yet.
>>62169232
>>62169056
>French is a great language but I can't use it to take notes that only I will read, because French people are a a bunch of niggers and cucks
This is what you sound like when you care about the "culture" of the language you're using.
>>62168743
Rusty Trombone
>>62169551
How is that a bad argument?
>>62168432
Actually if you imagine a rust-only operating system with everything bound-checked by a compiler it seems like a great idea.
Of course the idea fails the minute you introduce unsafe code/code compiled on another machine but still, it's an interesting idea.
>>62168395
>my exact reaction
mein neger
>>62169551
>Redox OS, the new operating system being written in Rust
Oh coo...
>Redox is a Unix-like Operating System
trash
>>62169551
Because French is a language of Germaniggers and Celtic cucks, along with Spanish, Romanian, Italian and any other Romance-baced language. Latin is the only true patrician language of Europe, with Greek being a close second. Slavniggers are in the same group as the Germaniggers and the Romancucks.
>Unix-like
Stop this shit, Unix is not good and never was.
>>62169630
have you ever used UNIX?
how did you come to this conclusion? how do you rationalize it?
>>62168395
>>62169597
Let me interject for a moment. It's Moka icon theme for Linux. Theme is Arc theme for Linux. Font is Fira Sans/Fira Mono.
>>62167995
>R logo
real fucking creative guys
>>62170863
What do you recommend?
>>62168395
>>62169597
>>62169056
The UI is literally the least relevant thing about it, yet it's the first thing you retards bring up about it
>>62168432
>not making a self modifying synthetic kernel
DOA
>>62168452
Everything is a URL.
>>62168743
> what does the R stand for?
Team Rocket
>>62172084
This
really like the idea, really interested in rust too. suck my cock
I have yet to see a single Rust shill using their own OS. That says enough.
>>62171788
BUT THE UI SHOULD BE THE FIRST THING IN THEIR MINDS FUCK YOU
>>62172475
I've been using redox as my OS for the past 4 months, it's super comfy
how the hell is it running orbital? i can't even get that working in arch linux
>>62169594
>Of course the idea fails the minute you...
so yes a microkernel OS
>>62173704
How do you post on 4chan? Post current desktop screenshot.
>people still fall for the microkernel meme when shit like hybridkernels and kernel modules are a thing
>>62169534
It only has a Nintendo Virtual Boy emulator at the moment.
>>62174008
>the least useful emulator for the least useful os
a perfect match
>>62168395
Those are Moka icons. They're all open source and available on GitHub. I remember using them on Ubuntu years ago.
https://snwh.org/moka
https://github.com/snwh/moka-icon-theme
>>62170847
>they're using Arc theme and it still looks this shit
>>62174244
They look nice and consistent
>>62173704
>2 hours have passed
>still no screenshot
Why lie? Nobody uses Redox, not even diehard Rust shills.
>>62173831
>>62175216
I would love to upload a screenshot but redox doesn't have that protocol yet
>>62167995
Sounds like a great idea, political inclinations of the developers aside. But they really should have done it in JavaScript, not rust. Nobody uses that
>>62167995
What's so great about it?
>>62175740
Making something modern from scratch in a modern language. Cutting out all the old legacy crap.
so these people can make an os/kernel in a year but gun/hurd can't?
>>62175908
>wheels that don't need to be reinvented are "legacy"
>>62168395
/thread
>>62169618
>Post written in English
>>62168363
>Linux is a kernel. Redox is an OS.
Pic related seems to imply Redox includes the kernel too, or the wording is misleading.
>>62167995
Redox is absolute trash. It's so bad it's laughable.
Haiku is way better.
>>62173306
That explain the bug fest that is WIndows.
>>62169594
Writing an OS in a type & memory-safe language is a good idea. That's why Niklaus Wirth did it in 1987 with Oberon.
I think all the effort spent on Rust could have been better spent porting Firefox to A2 (the latest version of Oberon), or even Cyclone. Rust is just reinventing the wheel.
>>62168743
>What does the "R" stand for?
REEEEEE