There's an interesting article on Ars Technica about how big the Linux kernel is and how frequently it is patched: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/12/linux-kernel-13-million-lines-over-5-patches-per-hour.ars?comments=1#comments-bar In the discussion thread there is a reference to lines of code for various other operating systems: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_lines_of_code Can someone who knows tell me how many lines of code are in Haiku kernel? I will update the wiki entry. I think lines of code in a hybrid kernel would be interesting to contrast with the other monolithic kernels. Thanks, Andrew