Redox
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Redox is a Unix-like operating system 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.
Key facts
- OS.name
- Redox
- OS.logo
- Redox logo 2015.svg
- OS.screenshot
- Redox running Orbital.png
- OS.caption
- Redox running Ion shell in Orbital windowing system
- OS.developer
- Jeremy Soller,Redox Developers
- OS.programmed in
- Rust, assembly
- OS.family
- Unix-like
- OS.working state
- Current
- OS.source model
- Free software
- OS.latest preview version
- 0.9.0
- OS.marketing target
- Desktop, workstation, server
- OS.language
- English
- OS.package manager
- pkgutils
- OS.supported platforms
- IA-32, AMD64, AArch64, RISC-V
- OS.kernel type
- Microkernel
- OS.userland
- Custom
- OS.ui
- Command-line, Orbital
- OS.license
- MIT
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Source code
Redox is under active development by a vibrant community, you can see the key links below: The main website for Redox OS. The Redox Book and Build Instructions. Redox Chat and Support. Patreon, Donate and Merch. Scroll down for a list of key Redox components and their repositories. Redox is an open-source operating system written in Rust, a language with focus on safety, efficiency and high performance. Redox uses a microkernel architecture, and aims to be reliable, secure, usable, correct, and free. Redox is inspired by previous operating systems, such as seL4, MINIX, Plan 9, Linux and BSD. Redox is not just a kernel, it's a full-featured operating system , providing components (file system, display server, core utilities, etc.) that together make up a functional and convenient operating system. Redox uses the COSMIC desktop apps, and provides source code compatibility with many Rust, Linux and BSD programs.
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Development
- Components and apps
- See also
- References
- External links
Redox is a Unix-like operating system 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. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Redox” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.