Well it seems like every day new bits of information about the Switch are published, this time about the Switch OS. While one hacker guessed the Switch is running FreeBSD, two other hackers known from the 3DS scene seem to agree with each other that the Switch OS is similar to the 3DS and does not actually run FreeBSD. Since they can't be embedded here, I will just quote the relevant tweets:
So yea, there you have it. Keep in mind that for politically correct reasons, you have to treat these information bits as guesswork, not facts.
plutoo said:So ye, doesn't look like it runs FreeBSD
plutoo said:Looks like it is the next iteration of the 3DS kernel, same code base
yellows8 said:Switch has an IPC system based on 3DS, including services.
plutoo said:Switch OS is very similar to the 3DS OS. Most analagous syscalls are there. It does smell like a rewrite tho.
So yea, there you have it. Keep in mind that for politically correct reasons, you have to treat these information bits as guesswork, not facts.