More than four years have passed since we first learned that Google is developing a new operating operating system called Fuchsia. It is unique because it is not based on the Linux kernel; Instead, it uses a microcanel called zircon. It’s also unique because, despite being developed “in the open” on a publicly browsing repository, no one really understands what OS is, and Google executives have taken a significant stance about it all.
Today, that mix of trends continues as the company announces that it is opening up a bit more by seeking more public contributors from outside its organization. Google says it has “created new public mailing lists for project discussion, added a sample of the regime to clarify how strategic decisions are made, and launched an issue tracker to see what’s going on for public contributors.” . “
It’s been a while since I dived into the codes and documents Google made available, though there are some early UI examples. Google’s post today stressed that “Fuchsia is not ready for general product development or as a development goal,” but it is likely that this announcement will stimulate a second phase of analysis.
We know that Fuchsia doesn’t have to be a one-for-one replacement for Android or Chrome OS. The most interesting indication of Fuchsia’s practical implementation comes from the fact that we know that it has been tested on hardware that is eventually released as Google Smart Speakers – however, when they are released, they do not run Fuchsia. At Kyle Bradshaw at 9to5Google Fuchsia codenamed “Google Made by Google” devices.
Google Fuchsia simply has a “production-grade operating operating system that is secure, up-to-date, inclusive and practical.” In an interview on Vergecast In 2019, Fuchsia, featuring Google’s Hiroshi Le Kimir, could be optimized for “some other form factor” ahead of phones or laptops.
Looking We are looking for something new on the operating system. And so I know people out there are getting very excited saying, ‘Oh this is the new Android,’ or, ‘This is a new Chrome OS.’ Fuchsia isn’t really about that. Fuchsia is just about advancing the state of the art in terms of Uch operating systems and things we can incorporate into other products in terms of what we learn from Fuchsia.
In addition to new mailing lists and calls for collaborators, Google is also publishing a “technical roadmap”, but focuses primarily on low-level OS content such as the “Driver Framework for independently updating the kernel from drivers” and the “Fuchsia interface”. Is. Definition language. “Fuchsia’s roadmap implies that many of the early subsystems are being rebuilt with new IO libraries and component architectures.
Google runs a lot of open-source projects that are developed by anyone by name but in practice they are mostly created by Google’s engineers. Fuchsia seems to be the same kind of thing. The company is announcing today in a new governance model that it says “Google is heading in the direction of Fushia and the platform makes decisions” but encourages outside contributions.
Developers can visit fuchsia.dev to find out more and also download the code needed to create the source code and run the emulator.
