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Redox

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.

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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

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== 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.