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Liam Proven
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A FOSS proposal for a new type of OS for a new type of computer
Starts on day 2 (2021-02-07) at 17:00 (Brussels time, UTC+1) in room Misc (duration 00:55)
Matrix room #misc:fosdem.org
A possible next evolutionary step for computers is persistent memory: large capacity non-volatile main memory. With a few terabytes of nonvolatile RAM, who needs an SSD any more? I will sketch out a proposal for how to build an versatile, general-purpose OS for a computer that doesn't need or use filesystems or files, and how such a thing could be built from existing FOSS code and techniques, using lessons from systems that existed decades ago and which inspired the computers we use today.