Luakernel
Languages and libraries
experimental os kernel
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Execution: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun toy and great experiment
From 1 comment
Consider this somewhat similar to booting up an 8-bit home-computer and get thrown into a BASIC prompt. It's a fun toy and a great experiment. It's not a "product". Play with it…
vidarh on HN
Objections
No networking, file system is a prototype ramfs-like layer
From 1 comment
The codebase is so small that it's quite easy to take a look to answer the questions: * no networking at all * performance - doing what? * file primitives are implemented purely…
hwh on HN
Crashes when running any command in a VM
From 1 comment
Downloaded the iso and ran under a vm but it crashes as soon as I try any command. I'm curious what's the easiest way to test this? [1]…
kator on HN
License unclear; disclaimer of copyright lacks legal value
From 1 comment
Pretty interesting, just a pity he didn't specified an actual license, as "disclaims all copyright" has no legal value and even if it had, it would certainly mean different…
allan_s on HN
Requests
Clarify licensing terms
From 1 comment
Pretty interesting, just a pity he didn't specified an actual license, as "disclaims all copyright" has no legal value and even if it had, it would certainly mean different…
allan_s on HN
Add networking and a network stack
From 2 comments
It would be very interesting if this could be combined with snabbswitch for some truly awesome bare-metal lua networking.
metafex on HNWhat does this need to be useful for real work? Ie serve html? A network stack, file system, process mgmt?
marktangotango on HN
Questions
Does it have performance benefits?
From 1 comment
Since there is nothing obvious on the page: This is Lua+SQLite running on bare metal x86. Lots of questions: does it actually have any performance benefits? A network stack? How…
nl on HN
How are files read and edited?
From 1 comment
Since there is nothing obvious on the page: This is Lua+SQLite running on bare metal x86. Lots of questions: does it actually have any performance benefits? A network stack? How…
nl on HN
Alternatives named
Rump kernel for Lua with a network stack
From 1 comment
If you want Lua running on bare metal with a network stack you can use the rump kernel[1]. [1] http://rumpkernel.org/
justincormack on HN
Snabbswitch for bare-metal Lua networking
From 1 comment
It would be very interesting if this could be combined with snabbswitch for some truly awesome bare-metal lua networking.
metafex on HN