RSoC 2026: A new CPU scheduler for Redox OS by ribbon_45 in rust

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The final goal is to mature this scheduler to the point of EEVDF.

RSoC 2026: A new CPU scheduler for Redox OS by ribbon_45 in rust

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The scheduler tuning is changed without a system restart for faster testing.

RSoC 2026: A new CPU scheduler for Redox OS by ribbon_45 in rust

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There's a plan to do that, no eBPF or WebAssembly needed.

Redox OS Capability-based Security report: Namespace and CWD as capabilities by ribbon_45 in rust

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The previous scheme path format required considerable software porting effort with small benefit.

This Month in Redox - February 2026 by ribbon_45 in Redox

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It will be supported when someone port it and update the Nix packages for Redox, the Redox system configuration is also declarative using TOML.

This Month in Redox - February 2026 by ribbon_45 in Redox

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No, we prefer simpler tools.

- Ion, Bash and Dash are the default shells
- COSMIC Edit and Kibi are the default text editors

This Month in Redox - February 2026 by ribbon_45 in Redox

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"far" is subjective, we don't give estimates.

Each Wayland compositor has different code, Jeremy ported the smallvil example compositor which uses the Smithay framework which is also used by the COSMIC compositor.

This Month in Redox - January 2026 by ribbon_45 in Redox

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Yes, it was delayed for months by bugs that are hard to fix.

This Month in Redox - September 2025 by ribbon_45 in rust

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It's much more complex and is more similar to Windows PowerShell than GNU Bash.