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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

This is a far cry from big news, considering they've got so much trouble even keeping the kernel stable enough to run for long periods of time if not on a very specific spec of hardware.

I'll get excited to try it when they start refactoring , get a non-insane structure in place, and get a bigger list of supported hardware into the kernel. I'm still confused on why they're working on a server version already without the above anyway. Cart before the horse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I thought it's a microkernel Os.. that's why making it a useable and stable os for everyday was a little challenging