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Linux is the most popular OS in the world (of course, counting Android), so I guess this means it doesn't really matter is monolithic is flawed, or it is not fl

• gnulinux 8y ago
  Isn't GNU/Linux (so, no Android) alone most popular OS too, thanks to servers and cloud? Any data on this?
  • nkkollaw 8y ago
    Ah, possible--but not consumer.
    • gnulinux 8y ago
      Well, by using the internet, pretty much everyone is a consumer, even though they don't necessarily know of it.
• JdeBP 8y ago
  Actually, MINIX, the operating system used in the ME in modern Intel chipsets, is possibly now one of the most widely deployed operating systems on the planet. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15642116 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15642116 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15634014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15634014 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15697888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15697888 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15641592 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15641592
• pjmlp 8y ago
  Sure it matters, because Android Oreo has actually forked Linux into a microkernel like design, where drivers run as separate processes and use Android IPC to talk with the kernel.
  • Symmetry 8y ago
    And Fuchsia, if it ends up replacing Android, is a microkernel design from the bottom up.
• m3mpp 8y ago
  What popularity has to do with OS design?