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Could someone please explain to a non-tech expert?
hardware is like your computer, stuff like the cpu and ram. software is like the programs on that computer. linus torvalds makes a program that has to deal with the details of the computer (the linux kernel). as such, they have to work around problems in the hardware.
Thanks for the unappreciated ELI2
fuck
I'm a graybeard software engineer with 30+ years of experience.
I appreciated your explanation.
Me too; it's BECAUSE I'm so old that I appreciate a general rooting what this is all about.