Linked by Steffen Liebergeld on Thu 13th Jul 2006 17:26 UTC
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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But I am a bit confused about one thing. When the author talks about running Linux OVER L4, does he mean the Linux kernel has been adapted to run modules against the L4 microkernel? Or does the author mean linux in the generic overlying tools sense?
Linux itself IS a kernel (not a micro-kernel). I guess I am just wondering if they adapted linux by layering it on top of a microkernel (and why?).
Sorry for being a dolt here.
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Just went to the L4Linux site... I think I get it now.
Edited 2006-07-14 02:56