Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Feb 1999 01:47:52 +0100 (EET) | From | Marek Habersack <> | Subject | Re: proper place to discuss kernel 'bloatedness'? |
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On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Lars G. T. Joergensen wrote:
> > > Couldn't the kernel be split up into a server kernel and workstation > > > kernel? > > > > Define what part of the kernel is a server kernel and what part of > > the kernel is a workstation kernel. I don't find those distinctions anywhere > > in the kernel. > > No sound, no radio, no video for linux, no strange exotic devices... Certain drivers which seem strange to you are every day's bread for somebody else out there.
> I don't know exactly I just know that 2.0.36 was ~7Mb and 2.2.0 is ~12Mb > Theres got to be something in there or else the docs just when out the > roof....:) Well, of course there is. Just read the list of supported hardware, file systems etc. - it'll show you clearly where it got almost doubled.
regards, marek
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