[qznc]

So at some point, you can just put the whole FOSS environment (Firefox, Gnome, Gimp, LibreOffice, etc) on top of your kernel. Porting all those programs is much more work than writing a POSIX compatibility layer.

[jfb]

Well, if you want all that dross, then yes, I suppose. But the hosting user software niche is well filled by various Unix derivatives already, no?

[ibotty]

well, if you want server-type apps you will have to port them too... most run on posix.