> If, we consider that the environment has changed; we have Red Hut, > Ubuntu and Suse; pushing to include every thing into the kernel, what > is the best for them, then we have a huge kernel; which is not the > best for older ordenators, but it is the best for newer boxes. As we > can see, Linus is been pushed to built a huger kernel.
Actually, the Linux kernel has seen a lot of work done to make it adaptable to small systems (think home-routers, embedded systems, cell phones, ...). It's just the desktop-distros that use big kitchen-sink kernels, because that suits them better. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jwvzkzk3jv2.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.debian.u...@gnu.org