Linux fanbois are annoying. So are OpenBSD fanbois. On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 16:30:50 Mar 27, Ross Cameron wrote: > > Basically I want to strip the system down as much as possible, > > practically nothing would be good. > > My GNU/Linux appliances ran on a 4MB system image. > > > > Please don't insult OpenBSD by comparing with linux. ;) > > Have you ever seen the source code of OpenBSD kernel? > > Have you considered how the kernel build system is organized? > > Have you seen the linux kernel source? > > What do you mean by "practically nothing would be good"? > > And oh by the way OpenBSD is not a kernel, it is an operating system and > many people still dunno the difference between the two. > > You have the choice of putting "practically nothing" by choosing only > those distributions you want in the install stage. > > Another thing you could do is take a look at crunchgen(1). > > # cd /usr/src/distrib/crunch > > # make > > # make install > > man crunchgen > > It is only because linux kernel is so "modular" (laugh) that people want > to > build their own kernel. And to tell you honestly I still dunno how to > compile and install a linux kernel. And it varies between distros to > make things worse. > > And it is easier to compile an OpenBSD kernel than to compile a linux > userland app. > > Please don't retrofit OpenBSD to fit into the linux mould. It is > unfortunate that such garbage like linux is so popular. > > I guess people do not read the kernel source. > > But the world always had more fools than smart people... > > -Girish > > -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1G-3laJJP0&feature=related
