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> The operating system has historically trusted the applications not to do dumb things too much. The OS is a thin layer providing an abstract and consistent in
by skydhash 4mo ago
> The operating system has historically trusted the applications not to do dumb things too much.
The OS is a thin layer providing an abstract and consistent interface regardless of the hardware configuration. Policing applications is mostly related to security and resources utilization, not moronic errors.
- hun3 4mo ago> The OS is a thin layer providing an abstract and consistent interface regardless of the hardware configuration. This is called a hardware abstraction layer, not OS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_abstraction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_abstraction