▲ 84 ▼ userspace rule (pawb.social) submitted 5 days ago by aks_@pawb.social to c/196@pawb.social 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children) Is this some chronically online term I have too much vitamin D to understand? Edit: no I’m just dum permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] poolcritter@pawb.social 9 points 5 days ago (2 children) ‘user space’ refers to everything that is not the kernel, i.e. is running in a manner (ignoring e.g. loading kernel modules) accessible by users. Linux has a long-standing (though often broken) tradition to never break user space in kernel patches. Processes like the init, your system's services, etc. are part of user space despite appearing to be just part of the OS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago (1 child) Huh. Surprised I didn’t know the term already Appreciate the clarification :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] poolcritter@pawb.social 2 points 5 days ago You're welcome! :3 permalink fedilink source parent [–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago Userspace? It’s a computer science term for all the stuff that exists within the space the user can access, like your folders and stuff permalink fedilink source parent
[–] poolcritter@pawb.social 9 points 5 days ago (2 children) ‘user space’ refers to everything that is not the kernel, i.e. is running in a manner (ignoring e.g. loading kernel modules) accessible by users. Linux has a long-standing (though often broken) tradition to never break user space in kernel patches. Processes like the init, your system's services, etc. are part of user space despite appearing to be just part of the OS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago (1 child) Huh. Surprised I didn’t know the term already Appreciate the clarification :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] poolcritter@pawb.social 2 points 5 days ago You're welcome! :3 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago (1 child) Huh. Surprised I didn’t know the term already Appreciate the clarification :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] poolcritter@pawb.social 2 points 5 days ago You're welcome! :3 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago Userspace? It’s a computer science term for all the stuff that exists within the space the user can access, like your folders and stuff permalink fedilink source parent