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Armadillo, the graphic shell from Fuchsia
Armadillo, the graphic shell from Fuchsia
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License (s) Various, u. a. BSD license , MIT license and Apache license
Kernel Zircon ( capability-based microkernel )
Architecture (s) ARM , x86_64
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Fuchsia is an operating system developed by Google .

In contrast to Google's previously developed operating systems Android and Chrome OS , which are based on the Linux kernel , Fuchsia is based on the new microkernel Zircon (formerly Magenta ) as a real-time operating system . Zircon was the project Little kernel derived which as Android bootloader is and C is written.

Fuchsia runs on a variety of devices, including cell phones and PCs .

The symbol of the operating system is a modified infinity symbol in the color magenta .

In May 2017 Fuchsia received a shell with a graphical user interface named Armadillo .

The user data is synchronized with the Ledger module .

Speculation that Fuchsia should replace Android and Chrome OS as planned was countered by Google on May 9, 2019 at its developer conference I / O. Fuchsia is rather there to “try out new concepts around operating systems” and may be used on other types of devices than computers, cell phones or tablets, according to Google's Senior Vice President Hiroshi Lockheimer.

FIDL

The very modular Fuchsia operating system enables data to be exchanged between as many modules as possible. The Fuchsia Interface Definition Language (FIDL) serves this purpose. App developers can write components in different languages ​​or adapt existing components to FIDL specifications. The languages C , C ++ , Dart , Go and Rust are supported .

Cross-platform apps can already be developed with Flutter - as well as with Apple's Swift programming language . In addition, the Fuchsia internal virtual machine can be used to run Machina apps from other operating systems. In particular, many Android apps can be converted as APK files into Fuchsia-specific FAR files, which can be installed under Fuchsia.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rob Price: Google is building a new operating system . In: Business Insider . 15th August 2016.
  2. ^ Napier Lopez: Google is secretly creating a new OS that's not based on Linux . In: The Next Web . August 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ https://github.com/littlekernel/lk/wiki/Introduction
  4. ↑ Lucian Armasu: Google Is Building A New Operating System From Scratch: 'Fuchsia'. In: Tom's Hardware . August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Jon Fingas: Google's Fuchsia operating system runs on Virtually anything. In: Engadget . August 13, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Chaim Gartenberg: Google's mysterious new Fuchsia OS has a UI now . In: The Verge . May 8, 2017.
  7. ↑ Tobias Költzsch: Google's enigmatic mobile OS gets a surface . golem.de. May 9, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  8. ↑ Peridot - Ledger. Retrieved August 19, 2019 .
  9. ↑ a b Daniel AJ Sokolov: Google's Fuchsia operating system will not replace Android. In: Heise Online. May 10, 2019, accessed May 10, 2019 .
  10. ↑ jimbe@google.com, shayba@google.com: FIDL tutorial . google.com. May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  11. ↑ Kyle Bradshaw: FIDL is the Rosetta Stone of Fuchsia . May 12, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  12. ↑ Ralph Nathan: Add initial fuchsia target. January 22, 2019, accessed June 19, 2020 .