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From: mayd@chrysanthemum.localdomain (David May)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: XTERM Problems
Date: 1 Jun 1997 04:01:49 GMT
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In article <3390866A.41C67EA6@freebsd.org>,
"Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> Byron Brummer wrote:
>> .....
>> Also, maxusers should be set to at least 5 (I do 10). Why the hell
>> this isn't set the GERERIC kernel is beyond me...
>
> GENERIC = GENERIC. Think about the dictionary definition, if you can.
> Is an X desktop with 4 xterms, a netscape and a fancy WM "generic?" No.
> That is not generic, that is a desktop configuration. Is a news server
> with 8 innds running and 6 drives stripped with ccd into a single volume
> generic? No, that is not generic either, that is a USENET news server
> ......
The dictionary definition of GENERIC is irrelevent to this. It is
reasonable that the distributed kernel be the one that is useful the
majority of users. I do not have any figures but I would be surprised if
less than 90% of FreeBSD kernels are used in a desktop configuration.
What percentage would be used in a news server or other esoteric configuration?
I would expect that anyone configuring a news server would have the
nouse to figure out how to tune it. I would not expect the average desktop
user to be willing or able to do that. (That said, I must add that the
FreeBSD kernel is very easy to configure if you take the trouble to do it.)
Is it not possible to distribute alternative kernels for some of the more
common configurations i.e. desktop, on the CD-ROM distributions and let the
user select one during installation?
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David May email: mayd@cygnus.uwa.edu.au
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