Re: [HUMOR] Quake 1 source code.

[Rene Rebe]

Hello!

Marek Habersack <[e-mail]> wrote:

> * Stephen Frost said:
> > On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Dan Hollis wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> > > > Also, it doesn't gunk up the rest of your system if you arn't using it.
> > > > So it's not a big deal. 
> > > 
> > > But it seems certain people on this list are insistent on removing choices
> > > from the users. Optional kernel config? Nope. They dont want you to have
> > > it at all.
> > 
> > 	Erm, no, I got the impression most were trying to not have the kernel
> > encompass all of user space...  There are lots of things that are very good
> > at being modular.  This doesn't mean they need to be in the kernel.  Would
> > you want bash in the kernel?
> Of course no, but there are some things that benefit from being put in the
> kernel - especially daemons serving huge files - nfsd and httpd for example.

Why not putting !ALL! into Linux Kernel?? From X over Gnome to XEmacs
and gcc?? Imagine the performace and stability benefit! ;-)

I'd like to see a (not my!!) Linux box crashing by i.e. loading a
currupted font! ;-) (Like NT's do!!)

That is what u like??

> Also, don't forget that sooner or later linux will be used in embedded
> systems, very often with limited space for user-space stuff and also
> requiring speed and reliability (think of web-manageable switches, hubs,
> routers, RAS servers, gasoline distributors etc.) - and most certainly
> daemon implemented in the kernel will most certainly be faster and more
> reliable than the user-space one (and certainly much smaller). Also, that
> one thing or another is in the SOURCES doesn't mean you have to use it. I
> won't use khttpd most probably, but I don't mind it being in the sources -
> if it's good for some people, it's good for me as well. The key to success
> is a CHOICE and FLEXIBILITY, IMHO.
> 
> marek

All a happy new hacking year ;-)

René

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