Redox - a Rust OS

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  1. AutoCascade

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    Fairly astonishing to me that it already has a GUI, but then I know nothing of how windowing systems are written...

    The whole thing apparently runs in ring 0, per the ycombinator thread. That's not actually necessarily a bad thing, managed code OSes do that too. But redox does not seem to be remotely safe or secure at this point.

    It's certainly a fascinating idea though.
     
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    Yes, interesting, indeed. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to start the iso file in Virtualbox. Will try later again.
     
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    I don't know which came first, but their logo is awfully similar to that of KDE Neon.
     
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    Rust-Based Redox OS 0.6 Released With New RMM And Package Format
    The new rust-based build system now uses TOML file format instead of shell scripts
    December 26, 2020

    https://fossbytes.com/rust-based-redox-os-0-6-released-with-new-rmm-and-package-format/
     
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    Yeah, kind of geeky, but the KDE Neon logo has 10 dots I suppose sort of depicting the element Neon with atomic number 10. The Redox logo has 8 dots which would represent the element Oxygen... which I guess is sort of a nod to the reduction-oxidation (redox) chemical process? Both logos should probably steer clear of atomic diagrams, imho, although the Neon one is little more acceptable
     
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    Rust-based Redox OS 0.7.0 Arrives with Enhanced Hardware Support
    https://news.itsfoss.com/redox-os-0-7-0-release/
     
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    "
    If you trace back the addresses, you get to this:
    https://etherscan.io/address/0x6365abaad54863bfd11acb6c4b611...

    Which in turn shows it came from Tornado Cash which was put on the OFAC blacklist in August. So redox will likely have a very hard time to get this converted."
    There then follows a long discussion about everything from sanctions to how HSBC was founded to launder dirty money but all in all I wouldn't be happy to use any system funded on this basis.
     
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    Ah that is a shame, the opinions on Tornado Cash seems to be varying wildy. A co-creater of Ethereum said he used it to send money to Ukraine to protect the receivers.
    Any system can be used by someone who uses it for shady/illegal purposes, just like Tor.
    Though if you receive donations as a non-profit organization, and you can't get it converted and may get you into legal trouble, it may be prefferable to miss out on these donations, even if they're huge.
     
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