Redox OS Development Priorities for 2025/26

mlinksva 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Great to see in the priorities "sandboxing by default" (under desktop variety) and https://nlnet.nl/project/Capability-based-RedoxOS/ (under security).

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dcdgo 29 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'll be watching this project with keen interest!

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newpavlov 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I still disagree with their decision to make libc THE system interface. I understand why it's important to provide a compatibility layer, bit, ideally, I would like to see a Linux-like (potentially semver-versioned) stable sycall API, or at the very least something like libsystem, i.e. a thin wrapper around technically unstable syscalls API.

	▲	gertop 33 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The fact that binaries tend to rot on Linux shows that maybe only having a stable syscall ABI the best way to handle things either.

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sapiogram 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How close is Redox to being able to run a web browser? I'd love to try doing real work on it.

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dannyfritz07 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Don't know your requirements, but it does say "Working basic web browser with NetSurf" on the front page.

	▲	fabrice_d an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It's a Rust based OS, so I expect people to try a Servo port instead!

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shmerl 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Did they stop developing ralloc allocator?

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surajrmal an hour ago | parent [-]

That hasn't seen any commits in 6 years.

	▲	shmerl 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It wasn't promising?