> >>>>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Keith G. Murphy" > >>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: <snip> > for a new kernel. The will take the Linux kernel, cause there are much > device drivers, so they are only interested in hardware > support. Around this kernel they will make an AmigaOS. So nothing will > look like a Linux, not the command line, not the GUI and there is a > good chance even the API will not look like the Linux API. It will be > the innermost section of the OS which is based on Linux. As i > understand the text, you can say, Linux is something like the Hardware > Abstraction Layer of NT for the new AmigaOS. And on this Linux, which > is there to support more hardware, a complete AmigaOS is set on > top. And with this AmigaOS the user and even the programmer has to > deal, so neither of them will see anything of Linux. > > And from this point of view, the hole thing has nothing to do with any > Linux-Distribution.
Well, they are distributing an OS with the Linux kernel. IMO, that makes it a Linux distribution. If they don't use GNU tools, then it's not a "GNU" distribution of Linux, though. It still won't have a look familiar to GNU/Linux users, or freeBSD users, or any other *nix user, so it's a safe bet that they won't be stealing from the GNU/Linux userbase. Just my $.02. --David -- =============================== David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===============================