The Linux kernel is just a program

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• Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  OK, yeah, that’s actually really helpful. Anyone who plays around with Linux at all, give this a read. Good stuff.

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• tofubl@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Says “kernel runs just like any other program” and proceeds to launch a VM to run it, because it would “mess up the system” otherwise. I liked the article, but it feels like it’s leaving out the critical piece.

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  • ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That was my reaction as well. It’s a fun headline, but a kernel is not “just a program”. To try to assert it’s like a normal program forces you to question your definition of a program. If I hold a voltimeter and switch between hot and cold wires, am I a program now?

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    • tofubl@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’d say you are one without the silly gadgets.

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• probable_possum@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  When you read the article the headline starts to make sense. I wouldn’t have read it based on the headline. Thankfully you read it nevertheless and praised it. :)

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  • AceBonobo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It really is a good read. Nice.

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• SpicyTaint@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’d think that would be obvious. Everything is a program on a computer.

  Wikipedia:

  A computer program is a sequence or set[a] of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute.

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• SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So which is the part where I add Hannah Montana? Jokes aside, very interesting and easy to read.

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  • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That's in the desktop environment.

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  • Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So which is the part where I add Hannah Montana?

    You could possibly add her just after here 😂

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• SomeDudeFromSpace@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I really enjoyed both parts of the article. Thanks for sharing!

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