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Google's New Non-Linux OS: Fuchsia

posted by martyb on Sunday August 14 2016, @09:11PM   
from the One-OS-to-Rule-Them-All? dept.

takyon writes:

Google is designing a new operating system (also at Github) based on its own new kernel (Magenta), which may be intended to unify/replace Android and ChromeOS. It is also expected to run on a wide range of ARM and x64 devices, such as Chromecast, Raspberry Pi 3, smartphones, laptops, and desktops.

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• Re:looks familiar Re:looks familiar (Score: 3, Insightful) by Nerdfest on Monday August 15 2016, @11:35PM

  by Nerdfest (80) on Monday August 15 2016, @11:35PM (#388473)

  Well, they do now. In fact, they actually make it easier than anyone else I know of.
  If you want to pick on Google, pick on them for something real, like supporting the TPP.

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• Re:looks familiar Re:looks familiar (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday August 16 2016, @12:57AM

  by Grishnakh (2831) on Tuesday August 16 2016, @12:57AM (#388492)

  Google is not "they", there's something like a dozen Android phone makers, and then you also need to count all the other device manufacturers too (TFS says that this new OS is not just for phones, but for all kinds of other devices including desktops).

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  • Re:looks familiar (Score: 2) by everdred on Wednesday August 17 2016, @08:09PM

    by everdred (110) on Wednesday August 17 2016, @08:09PM (#389276) Journal

    Sure they are. Google is effectively the manufacturer of Nexus devices, where bootloader unlocking is a standard feature.

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