DROPS is the educational operating system of the Dresden University
of Technology, Germany (TU-Dresden). Its name is an acronym for
Dresden Real-Time Operating System, which reveals its strongest
feature, it is real-time capable and it is designed with security in
mind. Its homepage can be found here. Note: This is the 4th entry to our Alternative OS Contest which runs through 14th July!
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2005-07-06
...So, are the goals mostly security-related? Is the performance really any better than the standard Linux kernel?
Would this be useful in virtualization?