It’s been a tremendously long time since any new content appeared here (I’ve even been considering shutting this web log down) but today I find myself eager to share some thoughts! What could stir me from my slumber? Somewhat surprisingly I find myself uncharacteristically excited about a gaming platform and, as I no longer share… Continue reading Speculating about SteamOS
Tag: Operating Systems
Plenty of Space Left for OS-level Innovation
As one of the few people still left without circles to drag people into I had to find some other ways to occupy some spare cycles this weekend. One of the things I ended up spending time with was videos from Apple’s WWDC 2011, as I was curious to see what core OS changes they… Continue reading Plenty of Space Left for OS-level Innovation
Interesting OS tidbits
Spent some time on Sunday reading about various operating systems. Fun things learnt: 1. /proc (procfs), as a concept, originated from Plan 9. 2. Windows NT‘s kernel is a microkernel, just like Minix and Hurd. Well, not just like. NT isn’t a pure microkernel, but I had no idea it even used some microkernel concepts.… Continue reading Interesting OS tidbits