QNX
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8recommend
1warn against
Dec 6, 2025first mention
Oct 16, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“QNX keeps going on high integrity computing”
“I want this taskbar”
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“QNX microkernel operating system, which is highly secure even when the software is never patched”
“It was extremely responsive and could multitask without any stuttering”
“Would love to play around with it on my Mac.”
Caveats and dissent
“QNX doesn't stand much chance today too”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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- Homa: The end of TCP for AI clusters [video] 1 mention
- Which came first, Windows 95's taskbar or NeXT's Dock? Neither 1 mention
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All comments 22
“QNX keeps going on high integrity computing”
“It's reminiscent of QNX's networking protocol”
“I want this taskbar”
“QNX microkernel operating system, which is highly secure even when the software is never patched”
“My car runs QNX as the OS for the infotainment.”
“It was extremely responsive and could multitask without any stuttering”
“Along with the QNX floppy[2], which came in super handy”
“QNX -- http://toastytech.com/guis/qnxdemo.html”
“Would love to play around with it on my Mac.”
“Is this true? [0] No CVEs since 2011?”
“as a geek, I love it”
“QNX could only be an improvement in that regard.”
“I would have been much happier with QnX.”
“that qnx demo disk had more usability overall than my disk”
“QNX is the backbone of the auto industry, and powers over 200 million cars on the road.”
“275M cars with QNX”
“QNX doesn't stand much chance today too”
Me too, although it's been a long time since Photon. "This environment runs as a virtual machine, using QEMU on Ubuntu. To try the image, you'll need: Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04." So it doesn't boot on bare metal? Maybe they're trying to get away from needing Windows. The previous recommended development environment was cross-compilation from Windows. The big news here is that they have a reasonable non-commercial license
“QNX DEMO disk”
“We use proprietary tools (QNX compiler, Coverity static analysis, ...)”
“Somebody has build it: https://membarrier.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/qnx-7-desktop/”
“QNX had a "free as in beer" distro that fit on a floppy”