>>> Moshe Zadka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02-Apr-00 12:17:22 AM >>>
On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Nic Ferrier wrote:
>> But that's more than the kernel - it's the whole operating system.
>>
>> The only time this preference comes into play with a kernel is if
>> you're a hacker or an admin installing a lot of machines. Other
wise
>> for most people the kernel is just there (and mostly they
wouldn't
>> know what one was if it it mooned them).
>I beg to differ -- that's the problem with monolithic kernels, that
you
>can't change anything, and therefore don't pay attention.
I agree with you - but didn't really mean that. I meant that *most
people* only care what the computer can do for them. Lots of people
might want to build filing systems once they can do it but they won't
care if it's the linux kernel of the HURD kernel.
Of course we know that it's not possible with Linux but it is with
the HURD.
Nic
