Redox 0.3.3 released
Redox 0.3.3 has been released. Redox is an operating system written in Rust.
This release brings much lower memory usage with ISO - 480 MB instead of 1300 MB. There are also other bug fixes, features, and improvements.
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Rust-based Redox OS 0.0.6 Released
Guest post by Redox OS, a microkernel OS written in Rust, hast just released version 0.0.6, which includes bug fixes and and update to Rust.
From the project's 2016 in review post:
Today, we have a pretty mature project. It contains many core, usable components. It is already usable, but it is still not mature yet to be used as a replacement for Linux (like BSD is), but we’re slowly getting there.
The kernel was rewritten, a memory allocator was added, rendering libc out of the dependency chain, several applications were added, a file system were added, a window manager and display server was implemented, and so on.
A complete rewrite of the Redox kernel
Guest post by Redox, a Unix-like operating system written in Rust, recently rewrote its kernel:
Since August 13, the kernel is going through a complete rewrite, which makes the kernel space ultra-small (about the size of L4). Everything which can run outside the kernel in practice, will do so.
It is almost complete and will likely be merged in the coming week.
The reasons cited for the rewrite include memory management, concurrent design, SMP support, and 64-bit by default.
The Redox operating system
Redox is a general purpose operating system and surrounding ecosystem written in pure Rust. Our aim is to provide a fully functioning Linux replacement, without the bad parts.
We have modest compatibility with Linux syscalls, allowing Redox to run many Linux programs without virtualization.
We take inspiration from Plan9, Minix, and BSD. We are trying to generalize various concepts from other systems, to get one unified design. We will speak about this some more in the Design chapter.
Redox runs on real hardware today.