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In article <slrn7ahbs0.n7c.news@riffraff.plig.net>,
Rob Partington <rjp@browser.org> wrote:
>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?

No; the big point is that the *KERNEL* has no GPL'd code.  Ditto for the
other *BSD's.  They still use gcc or egcs, etc etc.

>>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?  

Based on common usage, I'm referring to "Linux" as the thing you get on a
CD from one of however many vendors.  It includes an X distribution, it
includes all sorts of stuff.  Distinct from "the Linux kernel".

The point being, that's a system you can use because Linus had a vision of
having a complete O/S that was free software.

-s
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