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lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

The Linux kernel is just a program

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The Linux kernel is just a program

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Most books and courses introduce Linux through shell commands, leaving the kernel as a mysterious black box doing magic behind the scenes. In this post, we will run some experiments to demystify it: the Linux kernel is just a binary that you can build and run.
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  • tofubl@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Says “kernel runs just like any other program” and proceeds to launch a VM to run it, because it would “mess up the system” otherwise. I liked the article, but it feels like it’s leaving out the critical piece.

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      That was my reaction as well. It’s a fun headline, but a kernel is not “just a program”. To try to assert it’s like a normal program forces you to question your definition of a program. If I hold a voltimeter and switch between hot and cold wires, am I a program now?

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        I’d say you are one without the silly gadgets.

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    OK, yeah, that’s actually really helpful. Anyone who plays around with Linux at all, give this a read. Good stuff.

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    When you read the article the headline starts to make sense. I wouldn’t have read it based on the headline. Thankfully you read it nevertheless and praised it. :)

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      It really is a good read. Nice.

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    So which is the part where I add Hannah Montana? Jokes aside, very interesting and easy to read.

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      That’s in the desktop environment.

    • Venator@lemmy.nz
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      So which is the part where I add Hannah Montana?

      You could possibly add her just after here 😂

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    I really enjoyed both parts of the article. Thanks for sharing!

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    I’d think that would be obvious. Everything is a program on a computer.

    Wikipedia:

    A computer program is a sequence or set[a] of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute.

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