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Article #4355Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
From: Jeffrey Siegal
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 20:12
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 20:12
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Christopher Browne wrote:
> Oops! Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com> was seen spray-painting on a wall:
>
>>Kermit Tensmeyer wrote:
>>
>>> Linux is the OS.
>>
>>Actually, Linux is a kernel, not an OS.
>
> It's all a question of definitions.
The relevant definition is that used by the people who created (and
those continuing to create) Linux. They consider it to be a kernel.
> There's a (typically common in FSF circles) point of view that the
> "operating system" can include great gobs of extra stuff, so that TeX
> and Emacs and such might be considered to be "part of the operating
> system."
There is a well-recognized consensus definition of an operating system,
and that includes at least such things as basic run-time libraries ("C
library" on a Unix-like system), login/logout utilties, print spoolers,
system loggers, shells, basic networking daemons, etc. It probably
doesn't include things like Emacs and TeX, but that's not really
relevant to this discussion.
> It _is_ quite a reasonable thing to characterize "Linux" as being an
> "Operating system."
Not particularly, but you're entitled to your opinion.
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