Software:RedoxOS
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 Redox running Ion shell in Orbital windowing system | |
| Developer | Jeremy Soller, Redox Developers[1] |
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| Written in | Rust, assembly |
| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Free software |
| Initial release | 20 April 2015 |
| |Final preview|Latest preview}} | 0.9.0 / 9 September 2024 |
| Marketing target | Desktop, workstation, server |
| Available in | English |
| Package manager | pkgutils |
| Platforms | x86-64; ARM64 in development[2] |
| Kernel type | Microkernel |
| Userland | Custom |
| Influenced by | POSIX[3] |
| Default user interface | Command-line, Orbital |
| License | MIT |
Redox is a Unix-like operating system for x86 computers, based on a microkernel design. It is community-developed, released as free and open-source software and distributed under an MIT License. Written in the programming language Rust, Redox aims to be a general-purpose operating system that is safe and reliable. It is currently in a pre-stable status.
Development
Redox was created by Jeremy Soller and was first published on 20 April 2015 on GitHub.[4] Redox gets its name from the reduction-oxidation reactions in chemistry; one redox reaction is the corrosion of iron, also called rust. Soller himself is also an engineer at System76.[5]
Redox has a focus on safety, stability, and performance.[6][7][8] It is inspired by prior kernels and operating systems, such as SeL4, MINIX, Plan 9, BSD, and Linux. It runs on both 64-bit and 32-bit x86 processors, while a 64-bit ARM version is still at the preliminary stage.[9]
As of September 2024, the Redox repository had a total of 97 contributors.[10] The OS is not yet stable.[11]
Components and apps
Redox provides packages (memory allocator, file system, display manager, core utilities, etc.) that together make up a functional operating system. Redox relies on an ecosystem of software written in Rust by members of the project. These include the Redox kernel, the Ralloc memory allocator, and the RedoxFS file system which is inspired by the ZFS file system.[12]
Redox includes a command-line interface (CLI) text editor similar to vi, called Sodium. There are numerous graphical user interface (GUI) applications preloaded including a web browser (NetSurf) that uses its own layout engine, a file manager (File Browser), an ANSI type terminal emulator (Orbterm), and various other tools like a software calculator and text editor.
As of May 2024, several applications from the COSMIC Desktop, like the terminal emulator, file manager and text editor have been incorporated into Redox.[13]
See also
- Rust for Linux
- LynxOS
References
- ↑ "Redox Contributors". https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox/graphs/master.
- ↑ "Porting Redox to ARM (AArch64)". 6 August 2018. https://medium.com/@wizofe/rsoc-porting-redox-to-arm-aarch64-0x02-c566ee22f377.
- ↑ "What is Redox?". https://doc.redox-os.org/book/ch01-02-what-is-redox.html.
- ↑ Soller, Jeremy (20 April 2015). "Initial commit of Rustboot-based OS". GitHub, Inc.. https://github.com/redox-os/redox/commit/0edea108a1d8112b3aa4e8ae7b3d8d41c5d0ed85.
- ↑ https://www.theregister.com/2019/11/29/after_four_years_rusty_os_nearly_selfhosting/
- ↑ "Redox - Your Next(Gen) OS - Redox - Your Next(Gen) OS". https://www.redox-os.org/.
- ↑ Weisinger, Dick (4 May 2016). "Operating Systems: Rust Redox – An Next-Generation Attempt to Plug Linux OS Gaps". Formtek, Inc.. http://formtek.com/blog/operating-systems-rust-redox-an-next-generation-attempt-to-plug-linux-os-gaps/.
- ↑ . Yegulalp, Serdar (21 March 2016). "Rust's Redox OS could show Linux a few new tricks". InfoWorld (San Francisco: IDG Communications, Inc.). http://www.infoworld.com/article/3046100/open-source-tools/rusts-redox-os-could-show-linux-a-few-new-tricks.html.
- ↑ https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/29/redox_os_version_08/
- ↑ "Redox Repository". https://github.com/redox-os/redox.
- ↑ "Redox OS is the fastest Linux distro I've tested, and you should try it despite what it's missing" (in en). https://www.zdnet.com/article/redox-os-is-the-fastest-linux-distro-ive-tested-and-you-should-try-it-despite-what-its-missing/.
- ↑ "RedoxFS". https://doc.redox-os.org/book/redoxfs.html.
- ↑ https://www.redox-os.org/news/this-month-240531/
External links
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- Official GitLab instance
- on GitHub
- Redox at Open Hub
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