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ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting more Linux-y
(arstechnica.com)
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Speaking of which whatever happened to FuchsiaOS? Did they kill it? It would be a shame if they did. I was interested in it because it was an open source OS that wasn't Linux or bsd based.
Never heard of it, "micro-kernel like" is a interesting phrase.
https://fuchsia.dev/fuchsia-src/get-started/learn/intro/zircon
seems to be still actively developed: https://fuchsia.googlesource.com/fuchsia/+log
It's not cancelled but was impacted by layoffs recently.
It's a Unix-compatible (i think?) kernel with a Flutter frontend for IoT and embedded devices. If you've ever used a Google Nest device it's probably running Fuschia.