[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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