[HN Gopher] Xous Operating System
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       Xous Operating System
        
       Author : eustoria
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2026-01-14 17:29 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (xous.dev)
 (TXT) w3m dump (xous.dev)
        
       | Rochus wrote:
       | Interesting, didn't hear from this system so far. Seems to be
       | funded by the EU. Apparently it is written in pure Rust since
       | 2020, and Andrew "bunnie" Huang seems to be involved.
       | 
       | Is there a PDF version of the book (https://betrusted.io/xous-
       | book/)?
        
         | romac wrote:
         | There is a single-page version of the book that you can save as
         | a PDF: https://betrusted.io/xous-book/print.html
        
           | Rochus wrote:
           | Great, thanks.
           | 
           | I assume the "kernel" makes heavy use of "unsafe", because
           | all the infrastructure assumed by Rust is not available. Or
           | how was this solved?
        
       | throwaway89201 wrote:
       | Here's their 39c3 talk about Xous:
       | https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-xous-a-pure-rust-rethink-of-the-...
        
       | mmooss wrote:
       | What problem is this solving? Are there no OSes for medium
       | embedded systems? Are they too expensive?
        
         | Drunk_Engineer wrote:
         | Trust and transparency: https://betrusted.io
        
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