Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 22nd Sep 2009 15:34 UTC, submitted by google_ninja
During the roundtable discussion at LinuxCon this year, Linus Torvalds made some pretty harsh remarks about the current state of the Linux kernel, calling it "huge and bloated", and that there is no plan in sight to solve the problem. At the same time, he also explained that he is very happy with the current development process of the kernel, and that his job has become much easier.
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2006-01-19
Sorry, but regarding Userland, Linux has a very stable ABI!
Most of the time you don't need it because most apps are packeged by the ditributor anyway.
Proof?
I can still run a game (Heroes of Might and Magic 3) which I bought somewhen in 2001/2002. At that time the 2.4 Kernels still have been in use.
What you might refer to is library binary compatibility. That is not an issue of the Kernel, but of Distributors and proprietary Software Vendors. Proprietary Software should bring with them ALL needed libraries, best compiled in statically. Then there is NO issue at all of running a 1999 program on 2009 Linux machines.