Getting people into Linux
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu Jan 4 17:29:16 UTC 2007
On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 00:57 +1030, Tim wrote:
> > You should only need a new kernel when you get new hardware that
> > the old one doesn't handle.
>
> Not even then... You should really only need a new kernel when it
> offers better features than the last.
>From the perspective of the people making the changes, all of them
are for better features...
> Drivers and handlers ought to be
> separate than the operating system, they're peripherals.
But that requires an OS that defines a stable interface for the drivers.
I've seen nothing to make me think that that will ever happen in Linux.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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