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Re:A completely-from-scratch hobby operating system by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday October 31, 2021 @02:09PM (#29058960)
> microkernels aren't necessarily better than hybrid, they're slower, harder to debug and process management can be complicated

I was basically on board, but how are they harder to debug? I'd think being able to run components in userspace would make debugging way easier.

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Re:A completely-from-scratch hobby operating system by mjgerm on Sunday October 31, 2021 @02:55PM (#29059338)
You are now debugging a distributed system.
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Re:A completely-from-scratch hobby operating system by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday October 31, 2021 @03:05PM (#29059421)
Oh, good point; I was thinking at the component level
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Re:A completely-from-scratch hobby operating system by jatone on Sunday October 31, 2021 @08:55PM (#29062016)
fun fact: you already are in linux. being a monolith doesn't change the nature of the problem.
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Re:A completely-from-scratch hobby operating system by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:21AM (#29077729)
Are you? I'm paddy pretty sure I can run a single Linux and point a single gdb at it[0] and debug it in a single memory space; I don't think you can do that with a microkernel.

[0] possibly resorting to UML, but still

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