[skeeba]

Google hasn’t revealed much about Fuchsia OS publicly, but every now and then, it quietly drops hints and clues which further affirm the progress of the mysterious OS.

Now, Google has officially launched the Fuchsia OS developer website, fuchsia.dev. This isn’t the first time the site has been spotted. Just after Google I/O, the site went live for a brief time even though it had no content on it.

Fuchsia.dev is now live once again with documentation and the logo of Fuchsia. It hosts current documentation related to the source code, Zircon kernel, and other reference information.

Link: https://fossbytes.com/fuchsia-os-developer-site/

[Tracefl0w]

What is the hype of Fuschia? It's obviously an OS, but what benefits does it provide over Windows, Mac, or the already existing Unix like Operating systems?

[skeeba]

What is the hype of Fuschia? It's obviously an OS, but what benefits does it provide over Windows, Mac, or the already existing Unix like Operating systems?

AFAIK, Fuschia OS is supposed to offer: increased security , portability (tablets, phones, embedded computers, etc.), and technological modernity (a la a microkernel called Zircon).

Also, Android is old as f***. It was a cool PoC, but we can do better from what we've learned from it. I believe this is what Google is attempting to do.

On a side note, I personally don't like Android, but prefer one of the derivative projects with removed Google malware. I wonder what Fuschia OS will potentially offer in terms of software freedom.

[CSS]

What is the hype of Fuschia? It's obviously an OS, but what benefits does it provide over Windows, Mac, or the already existing Unix like Operating systems?

AFAIK, Fuschia OS is supposed to offer: increased security , portability (tablets, phones, embedded computers, etc.),  and technological modernity (a la a microkernel called Zircon).

Also, Android is old as f***. It was a cool PoC, but we can do better from what we've learned from it. I believe this is what Google is attempting to do.

On a side note, I personally don't like Android, but prefer one of the derivative projects with removed Google malware. I wonder what Fuschia OS will potentially offer in terms of software freedom.

From what I've seen in the "beta" app they released a couple of years ago with the basic layout etc it looks extremely good, way better than Android will ever look imo. I just don't know if it's a smart move for Google to let Android bleed out and fully focus on a new OS that basically has 0 apps right now.
I don't know if Fuchsia will support the Android SDK but if they don't they will most likely lose a ton of smaller app devs because they will need to rewrite their whole app for a new SDK. That would mean that there would be less devs switching from Android to Fuchsia.
But I'm sure that if Google wants to make Fuchsia what Android is today they will announce it long before it'll actually happen and give developers the help and resources to migrate to new SDK's if needed.

[Tracefl0w]

What is the hype of Fuschia? It's obviously an OS, but what benefits does it provide over Windows, Mac, or the already existing Unix like Operating systems?

AFAIK, Fuschia OS is supposed to offer: increased security , portability (tablets, phones, embedded computers, etc.),  and technological modernity (a la a microkernel called Zircon).

Also, Android is old as f***. It was a cool PoC, but we can do better from what we've learned from it. I believe this is what Google is attempting to do.

On a side note, I personally don't like Android, but prefer one of the derivative projects with removed Google malware. I wonder what Fuschia OS will potentially offer in terms of software freedom.

We have that and also the fact that Google has been treating their operating systems as they have with their messaging apps for Android. I'm afraid that Google might be building operating systems even when there is not a need for one, which eventually leads us to the question is there a need for Fuschia? It'll certainly be interesting to see how it plays out.

[mothered]

On a side note, I personally don't like Android,

For obvious reasons, I dislike any development by Google.

I stay away from their services as best as possible.

[skeeba]

For obvious reasons, I dislike any development by Google.

I stay away from their services as best as possible.

The only thing from Google that I've ever loved is Go, the programming language. But boy do I love it.

[mothered]

For obvious reasons, I dislike any development by Google.

I stay away from their services as best as possible.

The only thing from Google that I've ever loved is Go, the programming language. But boy do I love it.

Agree.

I still use a few Google services, but I try and keep It down to the minimum.