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		pjmlp on May 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Got an old Raspberry Pi spare? Try RISC OS. It is,... Capabilites have ownership, ownership requires belonging to something, all the way up to booting the OS.

josephg on May 3, 2024 [–]

Capabilities can just be variables. Variables all belong to something, all the way up to the OS. Would you say variables are a type of user permission? Obviously not. Variables are more versatile than that. So are capabilities.

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