Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Jul 2003 15:42:20 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [OT] HURD vs Linux/HURD |
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On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 07:46:54PM +0200, Gaël Le Mignot wrote: > > Drivers and networking account for about 50% of the total lines of code. > > The bulk of the work in any operating system is typically drivers. The > > generic part of Linux (non-driver, non-file system) is tiny compared to > > the rest. > > Maybe for you, an OS is drivers. For me, it's a design, an > architecture, a philosophy, and a way to defend a value that is not > important for you: Freedom.
Heh, let's see how well your OS works in the real world without those drivers :)
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