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by MaxBarraclough 2057 days ago
There's also the JX research operating system, which used Java.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JX_(operating_system)

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Project Treble also allows writing userspace drivers in Java.

Then besides JX, there was SquawkVM for SPOT, Solaris research for Java drivers, and embedded vendors like PTC and Aicas do support bare metal Java runtimes, which is basically an OS at that point.