Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 07 Apr 1998 21:35:19 +0200 | From | Andrej Presern <> | Subject | Re: HW access allowed ? |
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A _real_ OS doesn't allow you to shoot yourself in the foot if you don't want it to but you accidentally squeeze the trigger.
Andrej
David Schwartz wrote: > > Linux allows the root user to pretty much do whatever he or she wishes. > A _real_ O.S. lets you shoot yourself in the foot if you wish to. > > DS > > >So Linux allows userland programs to access the hardware directly ? > > > >And I thought it is a _real_ O.S. ... :-) > > > >-- > >David Balazic , student > >E-mail : 1stein@writeme.com | living in sLOVEnija > >home page: http://surf.to/stein > >Computer: Amiga 1200 + Quantum LPS-340AT > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
-- Andrej Presern, andrejp@luz.fe.uni-lj.si
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