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Classic Episode: What is an Operating System? (Remastered)
Kopec Explains Software
The Differences Between Monolithic and Micro Kernels
There's two main different types of kernels there's what are called monolithic kernels which try to just kind of bundle everything together in the kernel as much as they can. There's also what are called micro kernels where they try to keep the very center as slim as possible and then put some of the services outside the kernel so that if one of those services fails the whole kernel doesn't get brought down. So it's not actually clear that one or the other is actually going to win out that they both exist.
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