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Comparison of operating system kernels
Summary
A kernel is a component of a computer operating system. A comparison of system kernels can provide insight into the design and architectural choices made by the developers of particular operating systems.
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of widely used and currently available operating system kernels. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.
Even though there are a large number and variety of available Linux distributions, all of these kernels are grouped under a single entry in these tables, due to the differences among them being of the patch level. See comparison of Linux distributions for a detailed comparison. Linux distributions that have highly modified kernels — for example, real-time computing kernels — should be listed separately. There are also a wide variety of minor BSD operating systems, many of which can be found at comparison of BSD operating systems.
The tables specifically do not include subjective viewpoints on the merits of each kernel or operating system.
The major contemporary general-purpose kernels are shown in comparison. Only an overview of the technical features is detailed.
A comparison of OS support for different binary formats (executables):
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List of Linux-supported computer architectures
This table indicates, for each kernel, what operating systems' executable images and device drivers can be run by that kernel.
This may be usable on some situations like file system encrypting.
This may be usable on some situations like compression file system.
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