Re: [TCLUG:10969] GNOME configuration questions/musings

[Christopher Reid Palmer <reid@pconline.com>]

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Callum Lerwick wrote:

> > Not sure I agree; video drivers in the kernel didn't help out NT's
> > stability much...
> 
> Doesn't matter. Its the same code if its in the kernel or not.

No it isn't. Buggy code in the kernel can cause a system panic, while
buggy code in userland (even rootland) can only kill itself. (In theory,
anyway.)


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