Vinix: A Unix-like OS written in V boots to desktop in 100 MB RAM and runs Alpine Linux binaries natively
Vinix – A modern operating system written in V
Vinix is a new monolithic Unix-like operating system built from scratch in V, not a Linux distribution. It boots to a desktop in seconds using about 100 MB RAM and 1 GB disk, implements Linux syscalls and the ELF/musl interface so unmodified aarch64 Alpine packages run natively, and offers optional per-app sandboxing. The kernel has no garbage collector. Apple Silicon GPU drivers for M1 are in progress, with M2–M5 planned.
Vinix is not a Linux distribution. The kernel is written from scratch in V. But a Linux program does not really talk to Linux, it talks to a fixed, numbered interface: openat, mmap, clone, futex, and a few hundred more system calls.
- phoe-krk
I enjoy the screenshot showing Calculator taking 617 MB of RAM. It feels very modern indeed.
- polotics
Can you explain what you meant with this sentence on that page you wrote:
"That is the whole system, not a stripped-down mode you switch into."
- mdtrooper
It sounds great because the license is GPLv2, instead for example Redox OS is MIT.
- WD-42
First time I heard about V was because of the Volt desktop chat app: https://volt-app.com/ which seemed attractive at the time. Turns out it was completely closed source and read secrets from local browser's cookie storage without any kind of warning. I've never nope'd out of a program so fast.
There are others in this comment section claiming this language is scam. Seems about right. The entire Vinix page is slop, too.
- foul
How are things going with V btw? In the past i've seen some bad press about this programming language.
It was nice to use when I tried to dabble with it.