On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 04:25:42PM +0800, Daniel O. Escasa wrote: > ** Sabi ni Orly noong Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:32:40 +0800 (PHT) > > > Adding a small package here and there to an existing distribution is of > > value (e.g. RedHat has no mplayer RPMs! hurray for FalseHope!) but does > > not a distribution make. > > Which leads me to ask, what makes a distribution? Obviously, the GNU/Linux > kernel,
Not to be a jerk, but there is no "GNU/Linux" kernel. There is a "Linux" kernel. "GNU" refers to the userland part of the system, which is why Stallman and many others prefer to call Linux distributions by the name "GNU/Linux". > plus some other utilities, but how about the installation system? I > think that's one thing that would distinguish the face of one distro from > another. But heck, I can probly create a GUI front end to a Slack distro but > that might not count. > > Thoughts? Any definitions online? A distro is simply a bootable Linux-based system that has enough userland utilities to do something useful. It might be specific, such as LRP, or general, such as Red Hat, Debian, or Slackware. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
