MILOTIX - Revision history

Alexander: call it i6

2024-06-30T06:41:39Z

call it i6

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	==Architectural design decisions==		==Architectural design decisions==
	===High-level philosophy===		===High-level philosophy===
	As a general rule, MILOTIX strives to disabuse third-party programmers of all kinds from needing to write [[C*]] or C code. Instead, application developers are directed to use [[♮Python]] and [[~~VR6~~#Embeddable strict subset\|embeddable strict subsets with ~~VR6~~]]. A strict, minimal POSIX shell scripting language is also provided, of course. Ideally, all low-level code would be confined to the operating system; in all practicality, however, it will be minimised to a set of device drivers and existing Unix-friendly programs with safeguards like pledging to mitigate damage potential.		As a general rule, MILOTIX strives to disabuse third-party programmers of all kinds from needing to write [[C*]] or C code. Instead, application developers are directed to use [[♮Python]] and [[i6#Embeddable strict subset\|embeddable strict subsets with i6]]. A strict, minimal POSIX shell scripting language is also provided, of course. Ideally, all low-level code would be confined to the operating system; in all practicality, however, it will be minimised to a set of device drivers and existing Unix-friendly programs with safeguards like pledging to mitigate damage potential.

	===File systems===		===File systems===

Alexander: conciseness in full name

2024-06-28T01:18:16Z

conciseness in full name

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	\|archs={{wp\|x86-64\|Intel 64}}		\|archs={{wp\|x86-64\|Intel 64}}
	}}		}}
	'''MILOTIX''' is a Unix-like operating system designed for scalable network-oriented computing purposes complementary to [[A*]] on [[Anodyne]]. The name is an acronym which stands for '''Massively Internetworked Large ~~Order~~ Textual Information Computing System''', with the CS replaced with X in the style of "UNIX".		'''MILOTIX''' is a Unix-like operating system designed for scalable network-oriented computing purposes complementary to [[A*]] on [[Anodyne]]. The name is an acronym which stands for '''Massively Internetworked Large Ordered Textual Information Computing System''', with the CS replaced with X in the style of "UNIX".

	==Motivations==		==Motivations==

Alexander: image, not emblem

2024-06-20T04:47:39Z

image, not emblem

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	{{stub}}{{infobox swproj		{{stub}}{{infobox swproj
	\|name=MILOTIX		\|name=MILOTIX
	\|~~emblem~~=milotix.jpg		\|image=milotix.jpg
	\|by=Alexander Nicholi		\|by=Alexander Nicholi
	\|langs={{wp\|C (programming language)\|C}}, [[C*]], x86 assembly		\|langs={{wp\|C (programming language)\|C}}, [[C*]], x86 assembly

Alexander: infobox

2023-11-13T05:15:26Z

infobox

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	~~[[File:Milotix~~.jpg\|~~thumb~~\|~~right~~\|~~The project emblem for MILOTIX.~~]]		{{stub}}{{infobox swproj
			\|name=MILOTIX
			\|emblem=milotix.jpg
			\|by=Alexander Nicholi
			\|langs={{wp\|C (programming language)\|C}}, [[C*]], x86 assembly
			\|archs={{wp\|x86-64\|Intel 64}}
			}}
	'''MILOTIX''' is a Unix-like operating system designed for scalable network-oriented computing purposes complementary to [[A*]] on [[Anodyne]]. The name is an acronym which stands for '''Massively Internetworked Large Order Textual Information Computing System''', with the CS replaced with X in the style of "UNIX".		'''MILOTIX''' is a Unix-like operating system designed for scalable network-oriented computing purposes complementary to [[A*]] on [[Anodyne]]. The name is an acronym which stands for '''Massively Internetworked Large Order Textual Information Computing System''', with the CS replaced with X in the style of "UNIX".

Alexander: use flavour image instead of SVG logo

2023-10-10T18:23:16Z

use flavour image instead of SVG logo

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	[[File:Milotix.~~svg~~\|thumb\|right\|The project emblem for MILOTIX.]]		[[File:Milotix.jpg\|thumb\|right\|The project emblem for MILOTIX.]]
	'''MILOTIX''' is a Unix-like operating system designed for scalable network-oriented computing purposes complementary to [[A*]] on [[Anodyne]]. The name is an acronym which stands for '''Massively Internetworked Large Order Textual Information Computing System''', with the CS replaced with X in the style of "UNIX".		'''MILOTIX''' is a Unix-like operating system designed for scalable network-oriented computing purposes complementary to [[A*]] on [[Anodyne]]. The name is an acronym which stands for '''Massively Internetworked Large Order Textual Information Computing System''', with the CS replaced with X in the style of "UNIX".

Alexander: /* Architectural design decisions */ new section

2023-08-30T04:12:03Z

Architectural design decisions: new section

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	==Motivations==		==Motivations==
	As is done with many other systems under the Xion–Aquefir–Anodyne ~~umbrella~~, architectural design changes are a huge point of appeal which would necessitate at least a hard fork from existing projects such as {{wp\|Linux}}. Additionally, Linux in particular poses undesirable structural downsides as the source of a hard fork, particularly due to its intent to leverage {{wp\|Rust (programming language)\|GCPL}} in kernel modules, which comprise the lifeblood of the kernel. It is undecided whether MILOTIX will be a new project entirely or a hard fork of some other Unix-like system such as a BSD. Additionally, the GPL licencing requirements of Linux may not prove workable in light of the potential business interests of XAA.		As is done with many other systems under the [[XAA initiative\|Xion–Aquefir–Anodyne initiative]], architectural design changes are a huge point of appeal which would necessitate at least a hard fork from existing projects such as {{wp\|Linux}}. Additionally, Linux in particular poses undesirable structural downsides as the source of a hard fork, particularly due to its intent to leverage {{wp\|Rust (programming language)\|GCPL}} in kernel modules, which comprise the lifeblood of the kernel. It is undecided whether MILOTIX will be a new project entirely or a hard fork of some other Unix-like system such as a BSD. Additionally, the GPL licencing requirements of Linux may not prove workable in light of the potential business interests of XAA.

			==Architectural design decisions==
			===High-level philosophy===
			As a general rule, MILOTIX strives to disabuse third-party programmers of all kinds from needing to write [[C*]] or C code. Instead, application developers are directed to use [[♮Python]] and [[VR6#Embeddable strict subset\|embeddable strict subsets with VR6]]. A strict, minimal POSIX shell scripting language is also provided, of course. Ideally, all low-level code would be confined to the operating system; in all practicality, however, it will be minimised to a set of device drivers and existing Unix-friendly programs with safeguards like pledging to mitigate damage potential.

			===File systems===
			In pursuit of constraining complexity, MILOTIX only supports three file systems: FAT32 for UEFI <code>/boot</code>loaders, XFS for rootfs, and ZFS for storage at scale. Daemons speaking {{wp\|Network File System\|NFS}}, {{wp\|Server Message Block\|CIFS}} and {{wp\|Andrew File System\|AFS}} will network data backed by these filesystems.

			===Users, processes, pledging and veiling===
			MILOTIX shall adopt the <code>pledge()</code> and <code>unveil()</code> system calls from OpenBSD to enact privilege separation. In addition to this, MILOTIX refactors the concept of users away from the multi-user approach used by Linux and other Unices, instead replacing it with a concept called "units". Administrators can enact unit-wide <code>pledge()</code>s and path <code>veil()</code>s that will be enforced in addition to the proactive <code>pledge()</code> and <code>veil()</code>s of a program, placing such security measures in the purview of the sysadmin as well. In this context, the root-level <code>/bin</code> and <code>/lib</code> directories provision tools that need to be available even when the unit paradigm of privilege separation is not in play.

	[[Category:Unix developments]][[Category:Software projects]]		[[Category:Unix developments]][[Category:Software projects]]

Alexander: add project emblem

2023-08-14T06:42:14Z

add project emblem

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			[[File:Milotix.svg\|thumb\|right\|The project emblem for MILOTIX.]]
	'''MILOTIX''' is a Unix-like operating system designed for scalable network-oriented computing purposes complementary to [[A*]] on [[Anodyne]]. The name is an acronym which stands for '''Massively Internetworked Large Order Textual Information Computing System''', with the CS replaced with X in the style of "UNIX".		'''MILOTIX''' is a Unix-like operating system designed for scalable network-oriented computing purposes complementary to [[A*]] on [[Anodyne]]. The name is an acronym which stands for '''Massively Internetworked Large Order Textual Information Computing System''', with the CS replaced with X in the style of "UNIX".

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2023-08-14T05:42:34Z

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'''MILOTIX''' is a Unix-like operating system designed for scalable network-oriented computing purposes complementary to [[A*]] on [[Anodyne]]. The name is an acronym which stands for '''Massively Internetworked Large Order Textual Information Computing System''', with the CS replaced with X in the style of "UNIX".

==Motivations==
As is done with many other systems under the Xion–Aquefir–Anodyne umbrella, architectural design changes are a huge point of appeal which would necessitate at least a hard fork from existing projects such as {{wp|Linux}}. Additionally, Linux in particular poses undesirable structural downsides as the source of a hard fork, particularly due to its intent to leverage {{wp|Rust (programming language)|GCPL}} in kernel modules, which comprise the lifeblood of the kernel. It is undecided whether MILOTIX will be a new project entirely or a hard fork of some other Unix-like system such as a BSD. Additionally, the GPL licencing requirements of Linux may not prove workable in light of the potential business interests of XAA.

[[Category:Unix developments]][[Category:Software projects]]