Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 07:01:03 02/13/03
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On February 13, 2003 at 06:43:14, Kunnar Klauks wrote: >Wrong. >Kernel only _is not_ OS. Linux is just a kernel, not OS. Red Hat 8.0 for example >_is_ OS :) >You may call GNU/Linux also OS ( linux kernel + glibc + gcc + many other >thingies ). > >http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html Ummm...the operating system is the part that interacts with the hardware (IE the kernel), no? That is the reason we have operating systems, to make interacting with the hardware easier. GUI's, compilers, and other application software are not part of the operating system. What am I misunderstanding?
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