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by smt88 2496 days ago
I did. Thank you for the correction. Linux did, for most of its history, do an admirable job of upholding that philosophy though.
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sunaurus 2496 days ago
Care to elaborate? Linux is a huge monolithic kernel, isn't this the exact opposite of the UNIX philosophy?
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smt88 2496 days ago
The ecosystem, not the kernel. Linux packages are relatively good about doing one small thing well.
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