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Re: Debian/GNU Freebsd



On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 08:37:36PM +0000, Edward Betts wrote:
> If it had the drivers I needed I would run it. As Andy Tanenbaum
> (ast@cs.vu.nl) author of MINIX said in early 1992 - LINUX is obsolete. 
> It is a monolithic kernel you have to reboot every time you change a small
> part of it, say to correct a DOS in the tcp/ip stack. 

What about modules? Best of both worlds perhaps -- you can replace small
pieces (within reason), but you don't get the performance loss of
message passing systems like MINIX.

Many end users probably prefer the performance benefits.

Hamish
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