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Article #4400Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
From: Robert Uhl ruhl
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:40
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:40
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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. -- Robert Uhl <ruhl@4dv.net> I have a love for coding. I have a love for staying up for days at a time living off of Tea and Cigarettes, doing nothing but wearing the letters off of the keys in front of my computer. My bills have a love for being paid on time. --Jace of Fuse!
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