Re: [plug] freebsd root password recovery

[Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 10:44:34AM +1000, Rowel Atienza wrote:
> 
>       linux is not a kernel. linux is an OS. An OS is composed of
> layers. The lowest layer is the kernel. It interacts directly with the
> hardware. The second layer is the shell (eg bash, csh, tcsh, etc). The
> shell acts as the middle man between the user and the kernel.  Lastly, we
> have the application/development programs (eg perl, gcc, java, etc. )
> 

No, sir.  Linux is a kernel.  GNU/Linux is the OS.  But we're getting
into a pointless war over semantics here. :)

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