Am 26.05.2011 14:48, schrieb Yaro Kasear: > On Thursday, May 26, 2011 02:57:49 Thomas Bächler wrote: >> Am 26.05.2011 06:28, schrieb XeCycle: >>> Perhaps we may provide alternative kernels? With names like >>> these, we may get a brand new project named "Arch Operating >>> System", providing Linux, BSD, Hurd or even more as kernels, >>> and users are free to choose any one. Well, this is really >>> interesting. It'd be the first OS to provide multiple >>> kernels! >> >> You know why nobody has done it before? Because it's not possible. > > I'm sure it's possible. Ehm ... no. The suggestion was that someone would provide alternative kernels to Linux within the same set of binary packages. You can't just "install hurd" or "install a BSD kernel" without rebuilding all your binaries for that particular kernel (in many cases, also the APIs change so you have to adjust your source code). Furthermore, this discussion is pointless.
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