The Glory (!) of Linux

Message ID: 390358

Posted By: deepdistrust

Subject: The Glory (!) of Linux

Linux is an study in how not to write an OS. I read comments on how 'design' in Linux is reactive and why that leads to constant changes in API's and ABI's. No matter what the reason, the problem is the following. Only Linux has this problem, no major oS has it. Just more proof that Linux is braindead.

"I couldn't get a 1 year old Ubuntu CD to install on the machine I built two weeks ago. I had to download a pre-release version of Dapper just to get an OS running.

"With Windows, at least, you *do* get a CD, and the CD will contain drivers which will work. So your brand new disk controller or network card or USB controller or whatever will be usable even during installation.

"That's impossible with Linux, as the kernel APIs and ABIs both keep changing, so there's no way to ever deliver a driver for older kernels. You need to make sure you upgrade your kernel to the latest revision, which often entails upgrading your entire OS, just to use some recent hardware."

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