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What are some things you would like to see a sort of spiritual successor to? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Not a remake or remaster or rerelease of something old, but something inspired or influenced by something either popular or a cult classic. Also this could extend to hardware/tech too, not only media.

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[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I am a big big big Linux fan, but I feel that after 30 years, it is time for a non-monolithic kernel. I know Linus hates the idea of microkernels but the era of Rust is finally here and it shows that safe microkernels are fully possible now, and I believe the advantages and modularity can be amazing for a new era of open source computing.

[–] 0x4E4F 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Some of the devs around Linus are getting warmed up to the idea of a microkernel. Statistics have shown better boot times and better overall performance. As they put it "guess Tannenbaum was right all along" 😂.

Anyway, it should just be a matter of time now. Linus doesn't like the microkernel idea because it risks stability for the sake of modularity. You maintain the entire code base with a monolithic kernel (drivers, FS, everything), while with a microkernel, you just maintain the kernel, everything else is modular, maintained by someone else, thus, things can go bump in the night. The former is better for stability.

[–] NaibofTabr 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't break userspace.

[–] 0x4E4F 4 points 2 years ago

Yep, his main motto 👍.

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