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For any other layer-7-only arm-chair mechanics who also weren't sure what a HAL[1] was, I'm here to help. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_(software) http
by mVChr 10y ago
For any other layer-7-only arm-chair mechanics who also weren't sure what a HAL[1] was, I'm here to help.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_(software)
- Noughmad 10y agoWhile HAL does stand for Hardware Abstraction Layer in general, the page you linked is for a specific piece of software that was used by previous versions of KDE and Gnome for this purpose.
- mVChr 10y agoTrue, good clarification. I had visited the more general page also[1] but thought the other was more relevant to the email thread. And definitely much better than my only other inkling for what that meant in relation to computer systems.[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_abstraction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_abstraction [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000