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Re: ANNOUNCE: GNU TeX 0.80 (beta)

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From: Rob Partington
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:00
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On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 16:55:31 GMT, Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net> wrote:
 
>                                      FreeBSD uses a comparable amount of FSF
>code, but it's not GNU/FreeBSD.

I thought the point about FreeBSD was that it didn't use anywhere
near as much GNU software as Linux did and that it is possible to 
have FreeBSD without any GNU software and still have a working system?

>Now, GNU Hurd is a GNU operating system.  But Linux is a Linus Torvalds
>operating system, with components from wherever they're handy.

Aren't they both just kernels, and not operating systems?  
-- 
rob partington    personal: <URL: mailto:rob@browser.org >
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: GNU TeX 0.80 (beta)
Date: 1999/01/22
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