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		vlmutolo on Oct 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What did Linux not do right? You probably already know this, but "a capability-based microkernel written in Rust" describes RedoxOS. http://redox-os.org/

compressedgas on Oct 1, 2022 [–]

I can't see how it is 'capability-based'.

The system call interface has no capability operations.

https://docs.rs/redox_syscall/0.3.4/syscall/call/index.html

vlmutolo on Oct 2, 2022 | [–]

I was mostly just parroting Jeremy Soller's response here (he's jackpot51 and the creator of Redox):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31200562

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