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Steve Mading wrote:
> In comp.unix.questions Robert Uhl <ruhl@4dv.net> <ruhl@4dv.net> wrote:
> : Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com> writes:
> :> 
> :> Actually, Linux is a kernel, not an OS.
> 
> : A kernel _is_ an OS.  The OS + userland utilities might accurately be
> : called an operating environment, but as every CS student knows, an
> : operating system is not the behemoth of applications and utilities put
> : out by every OS vendor, but rather the relatively small bit which
> : manages limited resources and interfaces with the hardware.
> 
> What would you call these processes:
> 
> root         1     0  0 Jun04 ?        00:00:04 init [5]
> root         2     1  0 Jun04 ?        00:00:00 [keventd]
> root         3     1  0 Jun04 ?        00:00:00 [kapm-idled]
> root         4     1  0 Jun04 ?        00:00:05 [kswapd]
> root         5     1  0 Jun04 ?        00:00:00 [kreclaimd]
> root         6     1  0 Jun04 ?        00:00:00 [bdflush]
> root         7     1  0 Jun04 ?        00:00:00 [kupdated]
> root         8     1  0 Jun04 ?        00:00:00 [mdrecoveryd]
> 
> They are processes, but are very much a low-level part of the OS,
> and are strongly tied to changes to the kernel, without BEING the
> kernel.  Take them away and you won't be able to run any sort of
> userland process properly, so yes they ARE part of the OS.

Actually, except init, those are all part of the kernel.