On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 17:52 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Wednesday 19 July 2006 17:46, Mike McMullin wrote:
Not really. The sooner he gets beyond what he's used to in Windows, the better off he'll be using Linux. If it's an truly ethos thing, which his argument seems to make, then it applies to any other monolithic OS's as well.
Well, linux is actually a monolithic OS :)
That was Tannenbaum's criticism of the kernel, and he's probably right about it from a security point of view, but the installer would have to be heads and shoulders above what it is now to correctly identify and setup the various modules as either compiled in, or load on call.
Now, the hurd, on the other hand.....
I haven't read much about it, other then RMS envisioned it, and went after Linux because Linus had a broader base of contributors. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com