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Seems that Ubuntu and Debian get more similar again...

Seems that Ubuntu and Debian get more similar again...

Posted Oct 18, 2005 13:52 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Seems that Ubuntu and Debian get more similar again... by csamuel
Parent article: Ubuntu and Debian look forward

Well, not hotplug, soon, one hopes, since udev is meant to supplant it. :)


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Seems that Ubuntu and Debian get more similar again...

Posted Oct 18, 2005 18:49 UTC (Tue) by gurulabs (subscriber, #10753) [Link]

udev is not replacing hotplug. Take a look, you'll see that udev is launched by hotplug.

hotplug is a standardized kernel to userland interface (netlink is another).

udev is purely userspace.

Seems that Ubuntu and Debian get more similar again...

Posted Oct 18, 2005 19:45 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Well, if you're talking about the kernel hotplug interface, of course it's pervasive across Linux distributions, because the Linux kernel is; and indeed udev won't work without it.

I thought you were referring to the hotplug scripts, which are moribund.

Seems that Ubuntu and Debian get more similar again...

Posted Oct 20, 2005 9:21 UTC (Thu) by gallir (guest, #5735) [Link]

New versions of udev replaces hotplug. Ubuntu Breeze has a relatively old
version. Check it out.


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