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Google's New Non-Linux OS: Fuchsia

posted by martyb on Sunday August 14 2016, @09:11PM   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday August 16 2016, @07:28AM

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Tuesday August 16 2016, @07:28AM (#388601) Homepage
    Breaking a driver's ability to build will break userspace, same thing. There's always been the "if you cause another driver to fail to build, then you must fix that driver" principle too. That's what allmod and randommod configs are all about.
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