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SkiftOS: A hobby OS built from scratch using C/C++ for ARM, x86, and RISC-V

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tampueroc ◴[13 Sep 25 10:29 UTC] No.45230925[source]▶
Slightly related and coming from ignorance here, but what is the general intuition for the pros and cons of a microkernel approach in OS development?
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logicchains ◴[13 Sep 25 12:15 UTC] No.45231431[source]▶
Microkernels are conceptually cleaner, and easier to make secure, but in practice generally slower than unikernels.
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1. wucke13 ◴[13 Sep 25 12:31 UTC] No.45231523[source]▶
Gernot Heiser would strongly disagree with you on the last one :D