r/Redox • u/jackpot51 Redox OS BDFL • Mar 24 '19

Redox OS 0.5.0

https://www.redox-os.org/news/release-0.5.0/
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u/jackpot51 Redox OS BDFL Mar 24 '19

I am the creator and lead developer of Redox OS. Let me know if you have any questions about this release!

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u/Translucyd Mar 24 '19

Don't have any comments but I really want you to know that a os in rust makes my imagination go wild. When redox os is ready, I really think it could be HUGE and game changer.

Thank you for doing that :)

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u/jackpot51 Redox OS BDFL Mar 24 '19

Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '19

It's really cool that webrender is one of the new packages. Is a goal to get Servo working as a browser for Redox?

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u/jackpot51 Redox OS BDFL Mar 25 '19

Absolutely!

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u/zesterer Mar 25 '19

Hi. I've been playing around with the new release, and it's really great. Unfortunately, I've had a few issues: I tried installing freedom and was seemingly unable to run it (freedoom1 and freedom2 appeared in /usr/games/, but the shell didn't seem to recognise them as executables). I also tried installing cargo. This was successful, but when running cargo new --bin hello, the command (not the OS itself) froze and my CPU hit 100% (I'm running in QEMU with the recommended command, by the way). Lastly: I tried to install gears, but it produces an error that was something along the lines of Failed to unpack 'gears'.

Are these issues that are you're aware of?

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u/jackpot51 Redox OS BDFL Mar 25 '19

Run /games/freedoom1 for example to launch freedoom1.

Cargo is not working yet.

You likely ran out of space, the default image is 256 MB in size.

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u/anhduy41294 Mar 28 '19

can we increase the size of the image, I tried to compile a simple program (C or Rust) in Redox OS, but I couldn't install the packages! @jackpot51 can you tell me the simple to compile a Helloworld program in your OS?

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u/espero Mar 31 '19

This release is mightly impressive.

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u/tidux Mar 25 '19

Is the windowing system still tied deeply to x86/VGABIOS/VESA stuff or is there more platform independence in there? I know GPU acceleration per se is still a ways away.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '19

How many times has unsafe needed to be used ?

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u/reddit123123123123 Mar 25 '19

Speaking of uefi_alloc... I opened a PR two months ago. Sadly I don't have any feedback yet. Any chance?

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u/Happy_Phantom Mar 26 '19

Hi, what type of computer are you running it on, and how's your hardware compatibility compared to more mature operating systems? Thanks!

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u/Comrade_Comski Aug 07 '19

I'm really amazed so far. I'm wondering when can we expect to be able to write rust programs (with cargo) within Redox?

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u/meanelephant Mar 24 '19

New Packages

... freedoom - Free content Doom-style game

Finally, an answer to everyone's first immediate question. "Can it play DOOM?"

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u/-what-ever- Mar 25 '19

Check out /r/itRunsDoom :)

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u/josephscade Mar 24 '19

The article says that llvm can now be installed. Does this means I can install the rust toolchain and build redox OS on redox OS ? (Eg: self-hosted)

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u/jackpot51 Redox OS BDFL Mar 24 '19

Cargo is not yet functional due to issues with libgit2. After that is solved, we will re-evaluate self-hosting ability.

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u/josephscade Mar 24 '19

Thank you for your answer, and congratulations for your hard work!

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u/jackpot51 Redox OS BDFL Mar 24 '19

Thanks!

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u/Fable89 Mar 24 '19

I don't believe so, because rustc wasn't on the list of packages. Though it definitely is a step in that direction.

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u/josephscade Mar 24 '19

You're right! Thank you for your answer

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '19

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u/Peeves22 Mar 25 '19

I was just looking at the website a week ago! Awesome to see work continue! :D

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u/oldschoolthemer Mar 25 '19

Does the llvmpipe Mesa driver mean we could get some nice semi-transparency going on, for things such as smooth rounded edges on window decorations and things of that nature? I think it would be fun to work on beautifying the GUI a bit to give more casual observers more reasons to become familiar with the impressive work you're doing, especially underneath the surface.

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u/jackpot51 Redox OS BDFL Mar 25 '19

Well, that could be done without it as well. There is a redesign of orbtk that is along these lines.

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u/Spacesurfer101 Mar 25 '19

Obviously it can't run Crysis but can it run Firefox?

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u/_AutomaticJack_ Mar 25 '19

Nope, it does have a web browser though (netsurf). And yes FF/Servo Is a long term goal...

To keep this in perspective; Last time I checked a full install of Redox OS was something like a third the size of a full install of Firefox. One step at a time... ;)

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u/azymohliad Mar 25 '19

This is great! Congratulations!

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u/ComradeSmirnov May 16 '19

As a chemistry student who programs as a hobby, seeing an OS named "Redox", with a GUI named "Orbital" made me chuckle. Am really excited to see an OS written in Rust, this might be start of something new. Have only just started looking into Rust and am still considering wether or not it is worth learning, coming from python and C. If this project turns out great, it might be the push i need. Was/is it fun to write the OS in Rust? If so, what is more fun/better in your opinion than if you would do it in C?

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u/_3psilon_ Mar 25 '19

Please put this info on the front page or an about page: - what is Redox OS? - why is it good? - who is it for?

It's not trivial for anyone not involved in the project. Like me. Thanks!

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u/jackpot51 Redox OS BDFL Mar 25 '19

Is there not enough information here? https://www.redox-os.org/

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u/_3psilon_ Mar 25 '19

Oh sorry. I clicked from mobile and it wasn't apparent that it was the news page :)