Comment by forgotpwd16
3 years ago
Why Genode over Hurd and Minix considering those are also Unix-like same as QNX (which still exists btw)?
3 years ago
Why Genode over Hurd and Minix considering those are also Unix-like same as QNX (which still exists btw)?
Hurd is still stuck using Mach, unfortunately. The issues from the Hurd critique paper haven't been addressed either.
Minix, as cool as it is, does not have a maintainer, and hasn't seen activity for years. There's a lot of out-of-tree work that's just sitting there. It is a shame, because it is a really cool system architecture.
Genode is a modern, proper multiserver OS that has a good architecture, frequent releases and quite solid overall direction. And it has POSIX compatibility, so a lot of software runs, including modern web browser engines.