In contrast to others, this is a comment that reflects truth.<p>The only points I would contest are 1. that &quot;a bunch&quot; is effectively the &quot;same thing&quot; as large software.  A &quot;bunch&quot; can vary in number and quality.  My userland is a single &quot;multi-call&quot; binary and quite small.  The sum total of source code is not so large that I cannot manage it.  It&#x27;s keeping tabs on the kernel code that presents the challenge; and 2. that &quot;nobody cares&quot;.<p>If &quot;nobody&quot; cared, then you would not be seeing a comment such as mine because there would be nobody to author it.<p>Moreover there would be no reasonably small kernel source that users like me could use.  Some people care enough to maintain that kernel and to keep it relatively small.<p>Maybe that group of people is like the software: small.  Suits me just fine.