[warkdarrior]

From the slide deck, it seems that Fuchsia components have the following characteristics, which make them different from Linux containers:

* Capability-centric design

* Single machine scope

* Tree of sandboxes

* Weaker inter-sandbox fault tolerance

* Standardized IPC system

* Model powers low-level OS features

* More detailed inputs/outputs from sandbox

* Configuration and building in separate files

* Sandboxes can encapsulate other sandboxes

[jackpeterfletch]

Is it similar to NixOS? Recent convert, would be interested to read a comparison to fuchsia from someone in the know of both.

If it’s anywhere close Google might be sat on a huge opportunity to tread the same ground while solving the ergonomic issues that NixOS has. (I’ve never been more happy with a distro, but I’ll admit it took me months to crack)

[gryn]

NixOs is built on Linux kernel, Fushia is built on a new (micro-ish) kernel called zircon, they are not interchangable.

They are working on some components/layer to run things from Linux, but you would not expect all things built to work directly or as well as thing designed from the get-go for Fushia in mind.

[jackpeterfletch]

Thanks - I figure its step away in terms of target platform.

I meant a little more in the way that software is packaged and run. My understanding is that theres a similar mechanism for storing and linking shared libraries that means multiple versions can go exist and be independently linked depending on the requirements of the calling package.