Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Jeffrey Siegal
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 01:09

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Isaac wrote:
>   "There is also no universally accepted definition of what is part of the OS
>   and what is not. ..."

This much, at least, seems pretty clear.

Getting back to the original question in this thread, though, the term 
Unix has pretty much universally, for its entire history, referred not 
just to the kernel but to the larger collection of components, including 
the kernel, shell, and various other utilities.

"Linux," by contrast, was and is specifically a kernel.

So, even if it is fair to say that both can be considered an "operating 
system," a clear difference is that Unix is a larger collection of 
packages, but Linux is a kernel with which other packages are often 
combined.  (Often the combined package is also has a name that contains 
the word Linux, as in "Red Hat Linux" but this package is not itself 
"Linux.")

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From: Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com>
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 18:09:02 -0700
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