On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 00:54 +0200, b.n. wrote: > That's why I asked if there is some Linux that is not "a little bit" but > *wildly* different, as to be almost unrecognizable as the Linux we're > all familiar with (that usually is done by a bash/zsh/ksh shell + other > gnu coreutils etc.) > > For a (theoretical) example, imagine a system that boots in the Windows > Powershell on top of the Linux kernel.
Now that you mention it, I think there is a PLC manufacturer that has a "real time windows CE" environment. It works because they use a Linux kernel with the low latency and real-time options, which only hands over run time to windows when it decides it can. I was reading about it a while back... If you want I could dig up some more? cya, -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word. - Al Capone
