About:
Fiasco is a microkernel with real-time capabilities running on the x86 and ARM platforms. It is compatible with the L4 microkernel, which has set standards in microkernel performance and functionality. Fiasco is a fully-featured and secure L4 implementation with excellent real-time properties. It can run L4Linux, a port of the Linux kernel to the L4 interface which executes completely in user mode. The screenshot shows the DOpE real-time windowing environment running on top of Fiasco, with an instance of L4Linux running in one of the windows.

Author:
Michael Hohmuth [contact developer]

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8.26/10.00 (1 vote)

Homepage:
http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/fiasco/
Tar/GZ:
http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/fiasco/download/
Changelog:
http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/fiasco/download/CHANGES
Mailing list archive:
http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/pipermail/l4-hackers/

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Intended Audience]		Developers
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		Other OS, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]		C++
[Topic]		System :: Operating System Kernels, System :: Operating System Kernels :: Linux

Dependencies: [change]
binutils 2.12 (required)
gcc 2.95.3 (required)
GNU GRUB (required)
GNU make (required)
Perl 5.6.0 (required)
Python 2.0 (recommended)
Preprocess (optional)
[download links]

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Stable	1.2	27-Sep-2005	GNU General Public License (GPL)
Development Current CVS revision.			GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Comments

[»] Very Cool!
by David Leimbach - Apr 12th 2003 07:50:03

L4 is the successor to the L3 uKernel which was written to prove that uKernel [microkernels] aren't all slow and laggy like Mach. It might be important to note the the GNU Hurd OS is going to be ported to the Pistachio L4 uKernel when it is completed. The major difference between Pistachio and Fiasco is the level of support for which L4 specification.

If you like to futz around with esoteric Operating Systems Fiasco should be on your list. At least check out the demo floppy with the super-cool DoPE windowing system.

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