From: "Rowel Atienza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus
> Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. "
Hello Mr. Atienza,
I also have some items to support some people's claim in the list that
Linux is just the kernel...
Quote from The GNU Project http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html:
--snip--
There really is a Linux; it is a kernel, and these people are using it.
But you can't use a kernel by itself; a kernel is useful only as part
of a whole operating system. Linux is normally used in a combination
with the GNU operating system: the system is basically GNU, with Linux
functioning as the kernel.
--snip--
If you want to read the whole explanation to "Linux" and "GNU/Linux"
(and I hope you do), please go to the GNU Project's website...
Just my 2 cents to the discussion... I hope this clarifies everything
there is to the debate whether Linux is the OS or just the kernel...
--Ronnie
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