> Same with BSD; the userspace programs are not part of the kernel, and developed separately by the same entity. they're part of the same repo and built at the

> Same with BSD; the userspace programs are not part of the kernel, and developed separately by the same entity. they're part of the same repo and built at the same time than the kernel. Run a big "make universe" here : https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd and see for yourself. That they are different binaries does not matter a lot, it's just a question of user interface. See for instance busybox where all the userspace is in a single binary.