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Rust-Written Redox OS Gets USB Keyboards & Mice Working


Redox OS as the from-scratch, Rust-written open-source operating system had a successful April with now having USB keyboards and mice now working with their USB HID driver.

The Redox OS project published their April 2024 status report to highlight the advancements made over the past several weeks. Among the recent changes to Redox OS are adjusting GCC to build static binaries by default on the platform, reworking the USB HID driver to complete USB keyboard and mouse support, Redox OS under ARM64 with QEMU can now run their Orbital desktop (still to be accomplished on real hardware), enhancing their kernel's futex implementation, documentation improvements, and other changes. About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.

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