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Look up "capabilities-based operating systems." They exist; Linux just isn't one.
Like microkernels, capabilities require certain core architecture designs that Linux doesn't have. Like all features, there are always tradeoffs: microkernels tend to be slower because of the message passing; capabilities based systems are harder to manage. Linux's design, for all it's popularity, is about a simple a kernel design as possible. And you see people making the same decisions now: X11 is inherently multi-user and network capable. Wayland eliminates both, because it makes things more simple.