Author: Kunnar Klauks
Date: 23:59:44 02/13/03
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On February 13, 2003 at 10:01:03, Russell Reagan wrote: >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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