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Kernel Changes Draw Concern

Posted by timothy on from the embiggening dept.

Saeed al-Sahaf writes "Is the Linux kernel becoming fat and unstable? Computer Associates seems to think so. Sam Greenblatt, a senior vice president at Computer Associates, said the kernel is 'getting fatter. We are not interested in the game drivers and music drivers that are being added to the kernel. We are interested in a more stable kernel.' There continues to be a huge debate over what technology to fold into the Linux kernel, and Andrew Morton, the current maintainer of the Linux 2.6 kernel, expands on these subjects in this article at eWeek."

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  1. FreeBSD? by soda160289 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is true I seem to crash Linux more often than I ever have on my FreeBSD box. I love FreeBSD however and I think that it is a huge improvemeant over Linux

  2. Simple solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    just fork the kernel, get it out of Torvald's hands, we need fresh blood, this dude has taken as far as he can.

  3. disappointed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    After the merger of photoshop and macromedia I smell an antitrust lawsuit brewing.