that's not Linux derived
I get that it's supposed to be a strength but it will also be the reason it will be absolutely useless. Even BSDs implemented the Linux glue because everything is made for Linux.
Even if this is absolutely useless, there is an intrinsic value to the author to create this, to learn, and an extrinsic value to this: It may inspire some linux or BSD kernel dev to fix a long standing bug or add increased functionality.
The „Linux glue” in FreeBSD is just for closed source applications that can’t be rebuilt. Pretty much all the software written for Linux can be easily ported to other Unix systems, since most of the APIs are portable, and the ones that are Linux-specific are usually either useful only for system software (eg netlink) or are broken but design and nobody uses them anyway (eg signalfd(3)).
Fuchsia + Zircon kernel is probably the most serious answer to being a mainstream "open-source" non-linux alternative operating system other than GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS.
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Even if this is absolutely useless, there is an intrinsic value to the author to create this, to learn, and an extrinsic value to this: It may inspire some linux or BSD kernel dev to fix a long standing bug or add increased functionality.
So... you are saying that it is not absolutely useless even if it is absolutely useless.
No. It's not absolutely useless, even if it is practically useless.
Do professional musicians play scales? Yes. Even if nobody would pay to hear it
Linus did not intend Linux to be ran on anything but his PC setup either, but here we are.
The „Linux glue” in FreeBSD is just for closed source applications that can’t be rebuilt. Pretty much all the software written for Linux can be easily ported to other Unix systems, since most of the APIs are portable, and the ones that are Linux-specific are usually either useful only for system software (eg netlink) or are broken but design and nobody uses them anyway (eg signalfd(3)).
Ooh what is broken about signalfd?
ChromeOS, iOS, Android and plenty of IoT MIT licensed OSes prove otherwise.
We just need money and willingness to press forward no matter what challenges come into developers direction, to avoid a Linux monoculture.
And no, the fact that ChromeOS and Android use Linux kernel doesn't matter, as it is hardly exposed to userspace.
Fuchsia + Zircon kernel is probably the most serious answer to being a mainstream "open-source" non-linux alternative operating system other than GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS.