> The standout feature of Vivo BlueOS is its utilization of the Rust programming language, marking a global first in building a system framework for an operating system.<p>Using rust is not a feature.
There's a lot of marketing fluff - anyone know what this actually is?<p>Judging by the specs it runs on, it's an OS for application processors - like the kind in smartphones. They talk a lot about UI features, but not much about the interesting stuff. Is this truly a "new" OS written in Rust? Or is it just a repackaged android with a new GUI and some Rust libraries?
Harvey OS retired, now they do R9, also written in Rust<p><a href="https://harvey-os.org/2023/04/23/retirement.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://harvey-os.org/2023/04/23/retirement.html</a>
Just following the footsteps of Huawei, forking existing projects, making superficial changes and tacking a new skin on it.<p>Claiming to be a new OS when it isn't is the modern China equivalent of Sega's "blast processing", it's marketing fluff to lure customers.