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A comment on Ask HN: Why are Microsoft software installations so slow?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Why are Microsoft software installations so slow? by thwarted on Saturday April 21, 2018 @10:48AM (#16891606)
With Linux changes to the kernel can require cascading upgrades to packages or make packages obsolete or break packages.

This is the exact opposite of Linus's well known and ranted about position on kernel compatibility with user space.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/235335/why-is-there...

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Re:Ask HN: Why are Microsoft software installations so slow? by slavik81 on Saturday April 21, 2018 @03:57PM (#16893095)
His philosophy is "don't break user space" but the cascading changes are mostly related to kernel modules, which are not user space. Proprietary graphics and wifi drivers seem to be the cause of a lot of that.
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