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Inferno OS Running On Android Phones

Posted by Soulskill on from the hot-stuff dept.

New submitter Digi-John writes "Employees at Sandia National Labs have put the Inferno OS on Android-based phones, replacing the default Java UI. Applications are written in Limbo rather than Java. The full announcement is at the bitbucket repository, and a short video demonstrates some of its capabilities."

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  1. Meh, do the same with X by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Someone should do something similar to get X running on the Android kernel. Dump Java like this does and just run native X apps.

    Seems like it wouldn't be hard, just need an X.org or whatever with framebuffer support. X.org might be too big though, a stripped down non-networkable X might offer better performance.

  2. Re:Programmers can see the potential by turkeyfeathers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mod parent up! As a programmer, I can definitely see the potential and I plan on porting my Bitcoin mining program to Inferno OS.

  3. They put Limbo on an Inferno phone by Ukab+the+Great · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because SNOBOL wouldn't have a chance in there.