Yeesh, reading the top comments, HN really has become the Slashdot I remember. Good times ahead. Anyway, one thing this brings to mind is how much of Linux is

Yeesh, reading the top comments, HN really has become the Slashdot I remember. Good times ahead. Anyway, one thing this brings to mind is how much of Linux is encapsulated within the kernel itself. This is why distros feel so... similar.