Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Henrik Enberg
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:54

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ruhl@4dv.net (Robert Uhl <ruhl@4dv.net>) writes:

> Sami Sihvonen <ss@janiika.com> writes:
>> 
>> Linux is only kernel.  About 3% of full operating system.  And you
>> simply can't do anything with that kernel unless you add something
>> to it.
>
> That's odd.  Somehow, glibc manages to do something.  In fact, if one
> wanted, one could do _everything_ one wanted using the kernel.

Glibc isn't part of Linux.  It is an entirely separate project created
by GNU.

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From: Henrik Enberg <henrik+news@enberg.org>
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
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