On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Brad Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Original message ----- >> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Brad Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> > ----- Original message ----- >> > > Hi tech@. >> > > >> > > 54.html says: >> > > >> > > > Now mostly in sync with Linux 3.8.13 >> > > >> > > But there's no such thing as Linux X.X.X, there's a Linux kernel >> > > X.X.X. >> > >> > But there is. The later is redundant. Linux is a kernel. >> >> In geek world, maybe, but not in Real World (tm) >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux > > Yes, real world so often uses names and terms improperly. whats new.
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html says "Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux." So I think you're right about using Linux term. Sorry for a noise.
