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    [–] [email protected] 203 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Man, wait until these people hear about the filesystem and kernel.

    [–] [email protected] 63 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    The very existence of a defined kernel is an insult to the Linux philosophy

    [–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

    The Linux kernel (the part that gives Linux the name) is antithetical to Linux philosophy? I could understand it being contrary to GNU philosophy

    [–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)
    [–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

    yes mr stallman

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Does it ? I thought it was never completed !

    On the other hand, if you want a microkernel that does exist, there’s Mach. But I don’t think you can replace Linux with it 😆

    [–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

    It's been two years away for the last 30 years.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Yeah, there's a Debian implementation of GNU/hurd. Debian recommend you run it in a VM

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

    I won't bother. Sounds like hurd work.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

    Hurd is supposed to work with GNU mach afaik

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

    In some ways I think the filesystem is philosophically the exact opposite of systemd


    I can boot my system with an ext4 root, with a btrfs /home...or vice versa. Or add some ZFS, or whatever. The filesystem is (with the exception of some special backup schemes) largely independent of the rest of the system, despite being of core importance.

    On the other hand, I can't change my init system (i.e., systemd) without serious, serious work.