On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 04:28:26PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote
> 
> I wonder how small linux can actually get in such a world, assuming
> you still needed the multitasking, drivers, etc (which would be the
> main benefits of running an OS vs just embedding a single program
> written in C that directly talks to the hardware).  You can trim a lot
> of stuff out of linux that we all take for granted, but I'm not sure
> if you can really get it into the 100kb range.

  *BSD would be a better candidate, in terms of a smaller kernel to
start with.  And I'm sure that legal would be a lot happier about not
having to supply source code.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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