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Fork the Linux Kernel?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the bad-ideas dept.

Joe Barr writes "Fork the kernel? Are you crazy? A blog entry on InfoWorld.com urged the Linux community to fork the kernel into desktop and server versions because, according to the author, all Linus Torvalds cares about is big iron. Sorry, but that's both wrong and stupid."

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  1. Meh by paullb · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd rather spoon it

    1. Re:Meh by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 4, Funny

      Me, I'm gonna spoon the fork. I'm gonna SPORK it. :-D

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    2. Re:Meh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      spooning can lead to forking, if you are lucky ;)

  2. I saw it on an Internet blog! by n6kuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's probably a serious concern!

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  3. inconsistency by nomadic · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can not see why is it a stupid idea.

    Me neither, especially considering that's all the frothy-mouthed zealots tell you to do when you criticize the kernel developers.

    Linux user: I like Linux but I think the kernel should incorporate feature X.
    Linux zealot: If you don't like it, fork the kernel!
    Linux user: I think the kernel developers aren't open enough to contributions.
    Linux zealot: If you don't like it, fork the kernel!
    Linux user: I think the kernel is too focused on big iron.
    Linux zealot: If you don't like it, fork the kernel!
    Linux user: Ok, I guess I'll fork the kernel then.
    Linux zealot: OMG YOU CAN'T FORK THE KERNEL!!!

  4. Why isn't this front page news everywhere? by Minwee · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's this? Someone with a blog pulled a half-baked idea out of his butt, and then posted it where the entire Internet could see it? And some other people don't agree with him?

    That's amazing! An event of this magnitude only happens once in a billion femtoseconds! Why aren't we all paying more attention to this incredible discovery?

  5. Re:No you can not by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really? I better tell the guys down in R&D that the 1.2 meg linux install we use on the embedded box devices does not exist and cant work.

    Thanks for letting us know before shipping this thing it would have been embarassing that the linux would explode and become huge upon use.

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