Messages in this thread | | | From | "David Schwartz" <> | Subject | Re: HW access allowed ? | Date | Tue, 7 Apr 1998 20:20:34 -0400 |
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And how, pray tell, does a _real_ OS determine which trigger squeezes are accidental?
DS
>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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