Mxsmanic wrote:
>Floyd L. Davidson writes:
>
>> Linux specifically is the Kernel. GNU specifically is
>> the required userland toolset.
>
>So neither is actually an operating system.
Not until you put them together, and then it is indeed an
Operating System.
>FreeBSD, UNIX, Mac OS, Windows, and OS/2 are all operating systems. Linux and
>GNU are not.
Why are you trying so hard to be so asinine? RedHat,
Novel, Ubuntu, Knoppix, Slackware, Debian, CentOS,
Gentoo, Mandriva, PCLinuxOS, DreamLinux, Elive, Mepus,
Puppy, Slax, and a couple dozen others are in fact full
fledge GNU/Linux Operationg System distributions.
Using your ridiculous arguments it could be said that
neither the "UNIX" nor the "Windows" objects you listed
are actually OS's. They are both a family of OS's, but
neither term describes a specific OS any more (or less)
than GNU/Linux does.
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Floyd L. Davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@apaflo.com |