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Article #4307Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
From: Isaac
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 03:24
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 03:24
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On Sat, 6 Jul 2002 01:17:22 +0000 (UTC), Steve Mading <madings@baladi.bmrb.wisc.edu> wrote: > > No, not the software that controls the filesystem, but the actual > filesystem itself - the blocks and inodes stored out on the > disk - are not part of the kernel but are part of the OS, for > without them you have no ability to run a program. (or even boot I think calling the file system part of the operating system is a stretch. A more traditional approach would be to call the stuff on a disk a resource to be managed by the operating system. > And that leads to another question: Does "Another method that avoids > using foo could be used to get the OS to work, in theory", mean that > foo isn't part of the OS even if in practice foo is always used? No one is arguing that the other stuff plus the kernel isn't also an operating system. The position that people are arguing is that the kernel alone is also an operating system. At least that's my position. Most likely when people refer to the Linux operating system, they actually do mean all of the kernel plus all of the GNU goodies. They likely also include KDE or gnome + X + networking utilities plus a ton of other stuff. Isaac
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