Hi,
Anybody has any specific on the ~? All I can found is just basically marketing bullshit, but absolutely no technical details.
For example, look at this:
https://www.huaweicentral.com/hongmeng-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-huaweis-operating-system/It says:
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a new microkernel-based, distributed operating system
But it also says:
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New information revealed that Huawei’s OS is based on Linux
WTF? Linux is not a new kernel, and it is definitely not microkernel based. So what's going on really? Anybody has any details? Is Huawei's new OS just a hoax?
More confusing contradictions and mambo-jumbo here:
https://www.xda-developers.com/harmony-os-huawei-announce/Phrases like this:
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Harmony “decouples” the OS from the hardware
All OSdever knows this is nothing more than bullshit. You can't decouple the OS from the hardware, as it is the OS' duty to provide the lowest layer of software that handles the hardware.
And this:
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Harmony OS will not require root access to operate, which Huawei says is a security risk on Android and other Linux-based operating systems
Erhm, without full access how would someone install a boot loader for Harmony OS? Also as far as I know, root access is provided by the Android system.
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Huawei says they can switch to Harmony OS right now because the migration is not very difficult due to the nature of the microkernel
How about this? How is the microkernel architecture influence the migration of user space apps? Why do I have the feeling that they are just throwing phrases at us without knowing what they really mean?
Imho if HarmonyOS is really real (not just a bargain chip for the trade wars), then it's going to be nothing more than a new Linux distro, rather than "a new microkernel-based, distributed operating system". Hope I'm wrong, it would be great to welcome a new OS.
Cheers,
bzt