Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 18th Nov 2004 10:19 UTC
I think that everyone reading OSNews will have heard at least something about QNX. You can regard this article as an introduction, but also as a review, and as a "Is-QNX-Ready-For-The-Desktop? article". To start off, I put together a short explanation of the merits of using a microkernel. Let me start off by saying that QNX Software Systems (QSS) does not aim towards the desktop with their Neutrino RTOS.
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[/i]OK, here's a test - go grab all the GNOME 2.8 tarballs, compile 'em under QNX and show me a running GNOME 2.8 desktop, then I'll believe you. [i]
Depends on how much Gnome relies on Linux specific features-- if it doesn't rely on any, it means that once all dependencies are provided, Gnome could compile.
[/i]OK, here's a test - go grab all the GNOME 2.8 tarballs, compile 'em under QNX and show me a running GNOME 2.8 desktop, then I'll believe you.
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Depends on how much Gnome relies on Linux specific features-- if it doesn't rely on any, it means that once all dependencies are provided, Gnome could compile.
Or am I talking crap now?