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> Likewise Apple also had their own Linux distribution that went nowhere, MkLinux. MkLinux (MicroKernel Linux) was not a distribution but a modified Linux kern
by inkyoto 3y ago
> Likewise Apple also had their own Linux distribution that went nowhere, MkLinux.
MkLinux (MicroKernel Linux) was not a distribution but a modified Linux kernel to be loaded as a Mach server to run under CMU (later OSF) Mach 3. It abstracted idiosyncrasises of the Apple NuBus and peripherals away from the Linux kernel that did not (or could not altogether) support – the NuBus itself and the NuBus attached devices.
The distribution was a stock RedHat v4 or v5.
Amusingly, despite CMU Mach 3 being a µ-kernel, there was nothing «micro» about the size of its own binary, and – off the top of my head – the Mach binary size was larger than that of the vmlinuz at the time.
- pjmlp 3y agoIt was still a distribution, the Linux kernel packaged alongside whatever else is necessary to make it work in an usable operating system. If anything, it was actually pity it didn't took off, as its design was quite interesting.