:o( Again you are refering to Linux as what the world has accustomed to refer to it. All these, because one of the media people interviewing Linus during the early days suddenly thought of a need to call Linus' creation something. The person at that time somewhat suddenly said during the interview: "What is this called? Can we call this Linux?" ... and then peeps, the rest is history. At one interview, Richard M. Stallman (guys, you should this incredible dude!), leader of FSF! Before Linus, there is this one cool dude, RMS, who started out the presently known GNU/GPL. OK, at one interview, again during the early days, RSM somewhat sourgraping said: "Linux is only 15% of the whole OS. I've contributed about 20% to it (his early GNU), and the rest of the world filled in the rest of 65% (most are presently under present GNU)". <- I can't remember the exact figures, but guys, these are close to accurate! Anyway, RSM continued: "The media has somewhat, attributed everything to Linus, but the truth is, the whole OS/project should be called GNU/Linux. But ofcourse that is quite a mouthful, so they settled to Linux". So, there it is! I wish I could dig out the original material from where I read this. And the point to this? DUH! nothing, I just don't want my hero RSM get neglected bec. the whole super OS is now easily referred to as: "LINUX" :o). OK, I rest my case you win! You may call it anything you like. But guys, kindly read about Rishar M. Stall man ok?! Hell he created your gcc for crying out loud! and much much more! OK, Linux is not just an OS/Kernel! Hell it's a RELIGION!!! My religion! And hopefully, yours too! :o) .. ----------------- "I want out of this list! Can anyone kick me out of this list. Lemme at em! lemme at em!!!!! (imagine me straight jacketed and all)" ----- Original Message ----- From: Rowel Atienza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [plug] freebsd root password recovery > > People... Linux is NOT a kernel, linux IS an OS. > If you dont want to believe me, at least pls read the 1st page of > www.kernel.org to enlighten you. > A few lines from www.kernel.org: > > 1)What is Linux? > Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by > Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across > the Net. It aims towards POSIX and single UNIX Specification compliance. > > > 2)New to Linux? > If you're new to Linux, you don't want to download the kernel, which is > just a component in a working Linux system. Instead, you want what is > called a distribution of Linux, which is a complete Linux system. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
