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How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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Clean abstraction layers and process isolation per layer
From 1 comment
That's a good question and one that I've been wondering about myself. For me it is the very clean abstraction layers. There is zero side-to-side communication it is all broader…
jacquesm on HN
Objections
Source not available in a normal repository; only a torrent or emailed zip
From 2 comments
That's interesting. Did you have access to the QNX sources at the time and were able to study the QNX kernel and why it had a much better performance than Minix? Given your…
Rochus on HNI would consider putting it on GitHub. Torrent is not the best way to share code today.
landsman on HN
Requests
Provide source as a downloadable archive on a normal web server
From 1 comment
That's interesting. Did you have access to the QNX sources at the time and were able to study the QNX kernel and why it had a much better performance than Minix? Given your…
Rochus on HN
Put the code on GitHub or Codeberg
From 2 comments
I would consider putting it on GitHub. Torrent is not the best way to share code today.
landsman on HNWell, then go to codeberg.org
ofrzeta on HN
Questions
How the IPC and scheduler performance compares to QNX
From 1 comment
In QNX, the (async) IPC is integrated with the scheduler, which is apparently responsible for the performance (still researching). So I was wondering if you chose a similar…
Rochus on HN
Whether there is a diagram of the layers and VM system
From 1 comment
Interesting. Is there a picture that explains how the layers talk to each other? Is there a VM system? How does message passing work, what kinds of protections are between tasks?…
alain94040 on HN
Alternatives named
QNX
From 2 comments
If you're looking for something like QNX you could use... QNX. It's still around and free for hobbyists [0]. You can use it knowing you're using the same OS as your car, or…
bregma on HNAw. I've always liked QNX. But a modern implementation, not a revival of a 30 year old abandoned project, would be more useful. We really need something for small IoT boxes that…
Animats on HN
seL4
From 1 comment
> We really need something for small IoT boxes that has less attack surface than Linux. seL4 exists.
naasking on HN
Minix
From 1 comment
That's interesting. Did you have access to the QNX sources at the time and were able to study the QNX kernel and why it had a much better performance than Minix? Given your…
Rochus on HN