What to use if Linux goes bad? — Alternatives to Linux in the future
Alternatives to Linux in the future
Who knows what may happen in the future, perhaps one day the Linux kernel will go bad. So what are the options to consider if such a thing were to occur.
Here in this speech I go trough 3 options.
fragmentation is good:
Permissive licenses are bad:
Linux sucks because it’s monolithic:
Debian GNU/Hurd in 2023:
0:00 an uncertain future
2:05 FreeBSD and other BSD systems
7:02 illumos/OpenIndiana
11:11 would OI work
13:14 OI development slow
13:47 OI better in the future?
15:27 OI has a strong foundation
17:08 licensing
20:51 recommendations are Unix-like
21:30 Hurd, GNU’s own kernel
23:33 microkernels offer potential
27:31 microkernels are awesome
29:13 existing target audience
29:59 Debian GNU/Hurd
32:37 Hurd may be a massive future success
36:28 predicting a future
by awuuwa
linux foundation
blasphemy
What about just forking Linux? Why not? The last good version of the Linux kernel will surely be better than all the other options
you forgot about redox os. based on rust, could be the future actually…
Freebsd is the only realistic alternative to linux. It also has the potential to come much closer to linux in terms of features, but there just aren't enough developers that want to work on it. Its license doesn't do it any good either. It would have to change to gplv2 for it ever significantly improve.
do you happen to be finnish?
Besides it's not like you have to constantly add new features to a kernel, talking about the Hurd. When it's out it's out. It gets the features it needs and that's what it has, then it's just maintenance from there, on top of bringing in all the drivers and such of course. So the slow speed of the development of Hurd is not important, once it's ready it's ready.
it's called being feature complete.
Sure over time it could be extended or whatever but that's not inherently necessary