[wellylug] Forking Linux.

[Nigel Roberts]

Well, there's already optimisations available for desktop and server
in the kernel eg. pre-emptive for desktops, large memory for servers.

I don't think it makes sense to optimise a kernel for a particular UI,
except for the obvious removal of unneccessary drivers.

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 at 21:16:47 +1300, Enkidu wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:33:25 +1300, you wrote:
> >
> >Yeah, I was confused about that. I assume he means creating a new
> >distro. People can get confused between Linux (the kernel) and
> >GNU/Linux (the kernel bundled with GNU utils+extras to make an OS).
> >Damn media.
> >
> No, actually I was thinking of the kernel. 
> 
> Is there any benefit in an optimised kernel for GUI, and an optimised
> kernel for textual things?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Cliff
> 
> 
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