Has anyone used Redox OS?

[Woolford180]

TL;DR Summary

Has anyone heard of this OS and/or used it? I am curious how it holds up to Linux for use in physics.

I have come across an new Unix-based OS that uses a micro-kernel architecture and is written in Rust (https://www.redox-os.org/). Has anyone heard of this OS and/or used it? I am curious how it holds up to Linux for use in physics.

 

[jedishrfu]

No, however, there is a schism in the Linux community over rewriting Linux in Rust vs. keeping it in its original C base.

I did find this glowing review:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/redox...d-you-should-try-it-despite-what-its-missing/

It looks like it's on the bleeding edge right now. It's fun to play with, but not to rely on just yet.

Their FAQ says a lot as well. Started in 2015 but still considered alpha/beta and not yet at 1.0 release level yet.

https://www.redox-os.org/faq/#what-is-redox

One thing about new OS platforms is their reach regarding support libraries. Many established Linux distros have extensive math libraries, but this new OS may have only a fraction of them ported over. This could prevent you from doing meaningful physics simulations.

This same dilemma arises with languages, too. I had heard folks prototype new stuff in Python using Numpy support but then move it to Go, aka Golang programming, for production. Go has a similar library called Gonum, but it needs some essential functions that one must write from scratch to complete a port.

I've done some physics simulations using Java-based Open Source Physics, but they are strictly in Java. If I wanted to do them in any other language, I'd have to port the OSP code over.

 

[Vanadium 50]

there is a schism in the Linux community

That is an invariant.