Re: [TCLUG:17072] Rebuttal

[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...