alt Hacker NewsJust because the underlying kernel (Zircon) is designed to be good for both phones and computers doesn’t mean that Fuchsia (which is just an OS that uses that kernel) is.
Just because the underlying kernel (Zircon) is designed to be good for both phones and computers doesn’t mean that Fuchsia (which is just an OS that uses that kernel) is.
Fuchsia is the only OS that uses that kernel.
Also, that was an easily citable doc line, but I think a more comprehensive look at the work done in Fuchsia shows it has or had ambitions to run on personal computers.
e.g.: fancy graphics stack, Linux compatibility layer, ideas about OS integrated cloud syncing, the original work on the Xi text editor.