Chapter 5. KERNEL GAMES
A common first step in optimizing FreeBSD is configuring the kernel. If you’re new to Unix administration, the word kernel might be intimidating. After all, the kernel is one of those secret parts of a computer that mere mortals are not meant to dabble in. In some versions of Unix, kernel tampering is unthinkable. Microsoft doesn’t advertise that its operating systems even have kernels, which is like glossing over the fact that human beings have brains. [19] While high-level users can access the kernel through a variety of methods, this isn’t widely acknowledged or encouraged. In most parts of the open source Unix-like ...
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