Re: [TCLUG:17072] Rebuttal

[Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>]

Quoting Callum Lerwick (lerwick@tcfreenet.org):
> > Personally I doubt this will happen. The separation of the OS from the
> > application in Unix (not just linux) means an application cannot crash the OS.
> > This is not to say I have not had an application lock up linux, like when
> > using pnp to config a sound card, so your point is taken. But over all I have
> > found in 5 users of heavy use linux is far more stable when running
> > applications.
> 
> Note that isapnp is running as root and banging hardware directly, thus
> bypassing the OS...
> 
> And its also b0rking up hardware* and hanging the box, not the OS...

Yes, but pnp is an appplication, do the newbie it is what caused the hang.
That was my point. :-)
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