What makes Whitix different
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What makes Whitix different? Why shouldn't I just use Windows or Linux? Hopefully the following should answer your questions:
Kernel features
- IcFs, the information and configuration filesystem, a filesystem that lets system components expose information and configuration data about themselves (for an Ethernet card, /Devices/Network/Ethernet0/macAddress, would be the way to edit and access its MAC address).
- A userspace network stack based on Van Jacobson's netchannels. Netchannels minimize the latency between receiving a packet and processing it in the application
- A new thread scheduler, based on Con Kolivas' rotating staircase deadline scheduler.
Planned features
Userspace features
- Clear filesystem layout. /bin, /etc and /usr/bin are replaced with /Applications, /System/Registry and other intuitive names; great for a clear view of the system internals.