This article is from a reader submission. The author is ewbok, a current school student, current campus ambassador of Huawei’s Shining Star Program, and the signer of the Blue Bridge Cup Web competition. He comes to talk about Hongmeng operating system.
In an era of rapid technological change, operating systems, as a bridge connecting people and the digital world, have always received widespread attention. In recent years, HarmonyOS has attracted much attention with its unique design concept based on Linux microkernel. However, with the rise of this new system comes many misunderstandings and doubts. This article will deeply explore the core principles, advantages, upgrade results and compatibility of Hongmeng operating system, and call on more developers to devote themselves to the construction of Hongmeng ecosystem, so that Hongmeng ecosystem will become more and more prosperous.
Hongmeng Operating System: Principles and Advantages
The core principle of Hongmeng operating system is to streamline the core functions into a tiny kernel, and the peripheral modules are responsible for implementing other functions, that is, it is based on the Linux microkernel. This design of Hongmeng brings extremely high flexibility and maintainability, ensuring the stability and security of the system to the greatest extent. At the same time, the architecture of Hongmeng system is different from traditional operating systems. It adopts a distributed architecture and takes distributed capabilities as its core feature, which enables Hongmeng to run on various devices, whether it is smartphones, smart homes, cars, etc. , realizing collaborative work and data sharing between personal terminals and smart devices, this method brings an excellent user experience to users.
Advantages of small size: light and fast application experience
Friends who have used Hongmeng OS know that when downloading Hongmeng applications, the installation package size is smaller than that of Android and other systems. This is a significant advantage of Hongmeng OS - the application size is small. Traditional operating systems often rely on large runtime libraries to run applications, which results in huge applications. The design of Hongmeng OS decouples applications from the runtime library, significantly reducing the size of applications. This not only reduces application download and installation time, but also saves valuable storage space for users, improving user experience and device performance.
This small size design concept provides developers with greater creative space. Developers can focus on the core functionality of the app without worrying about the app becoming bloated.
(Phoenix News Hongmeng version application size)
(Phoenix News Android version application size)
Hongmeng base: a solid foundation for success
At the recent Huawei Developer Conference, Huawei announced that the Hongmeng base has more than 100 million lines of code, more than 20,000 APIs, and more than 700 million Hongmeng ecological devices. These numbers symbolize the increasing maturity of the Hongmeng base. Behind this is strong technical support and high sensitivity to user needs. This also proves that Hongmeng is not just a system, but a vibrant ecosystem.
(Picture released by Yu Chengdong at the 2023 Huawei Developer Conference)
Compatibility and ecological construction: steady transition and diversified development
At present, there are relatively few Hongmeng applications. In order to allow users to switch to Hongmeng smoothly, although the current system has reached version 4.0, it is still compatible with Android Apps, which ensures that users can get a perfect experience.
Compatibility with Android applications is not a "step back" for Hongmeng. On the contrary, it is to better build a diverse ecosystem so that users can still use the Android applications they are accustomed to and love before switching to the Hongmeng ecosystem. This steady transition aims to balance user needs and technological development, and create more favorable conditions for the growth of the Hongmeng ecosystem.
Work together: Participate in Hongmeng ecological construction
After understanding the core principles, advantages, current achievements and compatibility of Hongmeng operating system, we can see the huge potential of Hongmeng operating system as an emerging system. However, an operating system must not only be excellent itself, but also rely on a prosperous ecosystem and a more extreme experience. This requires Hongmeng itself to have enough applications, otherwise Hongmeng will always be circulated with rumors of "Hongmeng covering Android". Therefore, we strongly appeal to the majority of developers to join in the construction of the Hongmeng ecosystem, and use the power of the public to completely smash the rumors of "Hongmeng shelling Android", so that Hongmeng applications can flourish, and make Hongmeng a platform that can be used without relying on compatible Android applications. An excellent operating system that gives users the ultimate experience.
epilogue
Hongmeng operating system is leading a new era of operating systems with its innovative design concepts and excellent performance. Although there are some misunderstandings and doubts, we need to objectively look at its core values and development potential. The distributed architecture, small size advantage of Hongmeng operating system and the increasingly mature Hongmeng base are all convincing proofs.
Encouraging more developers to devote themselves to Hongmeng’s ecological construction is the key to promoting its development. With the joint efforts of developers, Hongmeng OS will become a dynamic and innovative ecosystem, bringing users a better digital experience. Let us work together for the future of Hongmeng and jointly create a more brilliant Hongmeng ecosystem.
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