Thomas Bächler wrote: > 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. > Either way, the distribution name is Arch _Linux_, which means the kernel is linux. So either "linux" or "kernel" are valid names, being linux implicit in "kernel".
