Gurkanwal_chauhan
Newbie
As asked in title......
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Help What are kernels and bloatware and bootloader??
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brotherswing
Android Expert
That's three separate questions. First, the kernel....
Any operating system is just a collection of programs working together. The kernel is the program responsible for coordinating the activities of all the other programs. Think of it as the manager of a store.
Bloatware is preinstalled software that has little usefulness, typically as some kind "store" or ad. Mostly used to extort money, or maintain draconic control over the system.
The bootloader is a tiny, primitive operating system, it's job is to check the hardware at startup and load up the main operating system.
Any operating system is just a collection of programs working together. The kernel is the program responsible for coordinating the activities of all the other programs. Think of it as the manager of a store.
Bloatware is preinstalled software that has little usefulness, typically as some kind "store" or ad. Mostly used to extort money, or maintain draconic control over the system.
The bootloader is a tiny, primitive operating system, it's job is to check the hardware at startup and load up the main operating system.
The only thing I can add to that is that the definition of "bloatware" depends on the individual. For example, someone who uses a particular social networking/photo sharing/cloud storage app might consider it handy if it's included in the pre-installed software, but someone who doesn't use it will regard the same app as bloat.