Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Isaac
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 03:41

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On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 13:07:28 +0300, Sami Sihvonen <ss@janiika.com> wrote:
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> Not just userland. You need several GNU tools to boot your computer.

Not that it's the least bit relevant, but no GNU tools are required
to boot the linux kernel.  Which ones do you think are essential for
booting?

No one questions that the GNU tools are required to make a Linux kernel
based OS worth using, but it's not necessary to prove that the
kernel is not an operating system of it's own right to establish that.

Isaac

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From: Isaac <isaac@latveria.castledoom.org>
Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
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