Re: Re: Re: Check this out

Hi,

> > "running a crap shareware program" ?
> > no, apps cannot crash the linux OS directly. they may be mean very high load
> > which can crash unstable hardware/drivers (like the scrolling with netscape
> > using the buggy S3 vga driver). yes, win2k may be ok, but win98 crashes
> > several times by applications, due to common memory space (app A can trash
> > app B's or even kernel's memory) and memory leaks everywhere.
> 
> You just said before that some drivers running in the user space could 
> crash the system...

Yes, but they are drivers, not apps. And they have root access, with i/o
access to the given hardware device allowed. It is not given for normal
applications...


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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