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How do we delineate "OS that does one thing" from "bare metal program?"
by loser777 5y ago
How do we delineate "OS that does one thing" from "bare metal program?"
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoI'd argue that the difference is that an OS doesn't do just one thing, unless the thing is "run arbitrary other programs". (Which is to say, I think calling this an OS is a misnomer, since I don't see anything to suggest that it can load/run anything else)
- RantyDave 5y agoI'm having enough difficulty separating "hypervisor" from "operating system".
- sitkack 5y agometa-os, the os that runs the os. Then there is nested virtualization, and then user mode virtualization, so you can easily get 4 levels deep. Think of all the exits!