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Microsoft moved the GDI into the (formerly) NT microkernel back in the switch from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0, for performance reasons -- and it was needed back then. I
by _hyn3 6y ago
Microsoft moved the GDI into the (formerly) NT microkernel back in the switch from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0, for performance reasons -- and it was needed back then.
If the Linux kernel is getting too heavy for you (there really is a lot going on in there now), you can always switch to FreeBSD or OpenBSD. (no snark intended, this is actually quite a viable option for many workloads.)
- rurban 6y agoNo, we are talking about security here. FreeBSD is even worse than Linux, and OpenBSD is not much better, just slower. Microkernels with capabilities are the only way to go. L4, Fiasco, Genode, ...