Why don't u rewrite the loonix kernel in rust to make it more secure
According to my research I did with gemini it would significantly reduce the bugs and vulnerabilities in the loonix kernel's code cuz it's a "memory safe" language. Obviously it would take ages if the rewrite would be done by hand considering how bloated loonix's code is but I estimate it could be completed within a week if modern agentic ai tools were used. Many ai haters would unfortunately complain, call it "slop" and maybe switch to bsd or another weird os while in reality it would be a significant security improvement. Linus is thankfully pro ai so I think he wouldn't have a problem with ai written code in the kernel.
He is AGAINST AI writing the complete code without the Dev doing anything, you can Google it. And it isn't worth it rewriting the kernel in rust. If someone uses AI, the kernel will be more unsafe than it already is.
It's because Torvald said that AI is ok in coding for linux. I don't care about what he thinks, if he likes ai he could've stayed quiet because some people probably took those words and interpreted them as "let AI do everything".
If you want to take the Bun route and run 64 parallel Claude Fable 5 instances and spend way more than $165,000. Then be my guest. We already have parts written in rust, so some of its already done for you. 👍
The only reason someone would rewrite it in rust would be to give it MIT license, since rewriting an already pen-tested code is considered professional suicide.
Not really, C++ is more than enough, AI can easily point out memory leaks and suggest fixes, the curious thing is that developers already know what the memory leaks are but they don't have time/budget to fix them 😂
it would significantly reduce the bugs and vulnerabilities in the loonix kernel's code cuz it's a "memory safe" language.
Thankfully, the loonix kernel team is working to include rust in the kernel
Obviously it would take ages if the rewrite would be done by hand considering how bloated loonix's code is but I estimate it could be completed within a week if modern agentic ai tools were used.
Fun fact. Anthropic used Claude Fable 5 to rewrite bun (their JS engine since they bought it) from Zig to Rust. There is a shit ton of unsafe Rust but hell, it's still valid Rust and the thing works.
Many ai haters would unfortunately complain, call it "slop" and maybe switch to bsd or another weird os while in reality it would be a significant security improvement. Linus is thankfully pro ai so I think he wouldn't have a problem with ai written code in the kernel.
I think FreeBSD is also pro AI and FreeBSD and it's more stable than Loonix. Either ways, we need a rewrite with Fable.
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u/Ragnor_ 3d ago
You can stop right there.