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Yes, Linux is monolithic. MacOS X is a micro-kernel, but I believe the BSD stuff runs in kernel space, so it's effectively a monolithic kernel with a nice layer
by silverlake 18y ago
Yes, Linux is monolithic. MacOS X is a micro-kernel, but I believe the BSD stuff runs in kernel space, so it's effectively a monolithic kernel with a nice layered design. I think NT is somewhere between OS X and Linux. The article was terrible.