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Re:Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison by nineteen999 on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @09:32AM (#41511201)
Linux took quite a path getting to its current threading implementation. Before NPTL[2], there was LinuxThreads[1], before that, I'm pretty sure threads were userspace only.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinuxThreads

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_POSIX_Thread_Library

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