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 No.866236>>866537 [Watch Thread][Show All Posts]

Anyone else think the rise of web development/web technologies/webapps could be good for more obscure OSes? Nowadays the most important component for a desktop OS is a modern web browser, so just being able to port one like Firefox or Chromium over is enough for someone to go from "lel look at this shitty meme OS" to "hmm this actually seems like it could go somewhere"

In other words, GNU/HURD, Minix3, and Redox need a modern browser.

 No.866240

Redox is coded in Rust, so it'll have no problem basically taking over everything.


 No.866257

You're saying that obscure operating systems become viable because they become irrelevant. If all you need is a web browser there's no reason to switch to an obscure operating system. To switch you need to actually use it for something.


 No.866260>>866368

I feel the same way except with GNU Emacs. What do you call virtue signaling when you're telegraphing the fact that you have a very superficial understanding of a topic to people the have an even more shallow understanding than you? Retard signaling?


 No.866368>>866573

>>866260

Signalling is a concept on its own, no need to prepend "virtue" or any other word.


 No.866537>>866604

>>866236 (OP)

HURD has Debian and Guix you dimwit

Redox is Mozillabait

Minix does not need a browser


 No.866573

>>866368

So is the concept of virtue signaling in itself a form of retard signaling?


 No.866604

>>866537

>HURD has Debian and Guix you dimwit

HURD on Debian threw up an error message claiming it needed a "virtual package" that isn't in the repo when I tried to install Firefox.

GuixSD doesn't seem to have an option for HURD.

>Redox is Mozillabait

In what way? Are you saying that Mozilla will try to acquire the Redox project and develop it as their OS?

I would like to see evidence that this would ever happen.

Also, the project's current maintainer doesn't seem like the type to bow down to the (((progressive))) shit.

https://github.com/redox-os/redox/issues/350

>Minix does not need a browser

I personally disagree. Perhaps that would be the case if we were to limit it to its current narrow usage in the IME and other embedded purposes, but I think these OSes can be more than that.


 No.866630

No. The rise of open sores software is what you are thinking about.




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