Author: Kunnar Klauks
Date: 00:13:41 02/14/03
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On February 14, 2003 at 02:59:44, Kunnar Klauks wrote: >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? Sorry for empty post. Well, this seems to be GNU opinion that Linux is not OS. I knew that opinion and promptly referred it:) I searched from web definition for operating system. Found this: http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci212714,00.html By this you are maybe right. Kunnar
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