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Re:C library system-call wrappers, or the lack thereof by rkeene2 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:52PM (#18451941)
This is the whole point of a Linux distribution -- it takes the disparate parts and makes them into one coherent whole.
Re:C library system-call wrappers, or the lack thereof by Annatar on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @02:08AM (#18492290)
But it's not coherent, far from it: it is often broken by various parties involved because there is no architecture and there are heterogenous interests at play. Compared to a FreeBSD or a SmartOS system, architecturally, it barely works, and it's rickety and shoddy.