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The bootloader, libc, and init fall very squarely on the 'operating system' side of the fence.
by blasdel 17y ago
The bootloader, libc, and init fall very squarely on the 'operating system' side of the fence.
- scott_s 17y agoI agree - I had forgotten about what's necessary to even get a running kernel. I was thinking about the distinction between things that any usable system needs (like a shell, or programs like ls) but are not actually part of the operating system.