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Article #4285Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
From: Sami Sihvonen
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:07
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:07
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In article <slrnaik3dp.6u.isaac@latveria.castledoom.org>, Isaac <isaac@latveria.castledoom.org> wrote: > see yourself what /etc looks like and do some "--version" for >> commands that you find there... Then you get the idea. > I'm a little baffled here. I'm looking in the /etc of my Debian > distribution, but I don't see a whole lot of executables or other > commands in there. Seems to be full of shell scripts and > configuration files. Sorry if you didn't get the point, it might be my bad english... English is my third language (after finnish and swedish) so it is not really perfect. > Or even better what's your point? ... > What's in your /etc? My /etc also has shell scripts and configuration files. But when I look those more closely I can find out that they are using software that is done with GNU Project efforts. And those shell scripts boot your operating system, switch it to multi-user mode etc. And all done with GNU Project stuff. That was my point. -- "You think you're in control. That won't last for long. Now I got the crown. I let you have your way. Complaining everyday about everything inside. You have no style." -- Sophie Ellis-Bextor song "Get Over It", album: Read My Lips.
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