From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 958222F436 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:29:37 -0500 (EST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id eAMJTba16856 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:29:37 -0500 Received: from mail.students.cs.uu.nl (vmailer@solar.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.28]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id eAMJTaD16850 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:29:37 -0500 Received: from abeel.students.cs.uu.nl (abeel.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.40]) by mail.students.cs.uu.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D602F8600 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 20:29:35 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 20:29:35 +0100 (MET) From: Andor Demarteau To: "Blinux-List@Redhat.Com" Subject: Re: UNIX and LINUX In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, xander wrote: > Sorry for the nitpicking, but this is not entirely correct. Linux is "just" > the kernel. GNU tries to offer a complete unix-like environment (and more) > not based on one kernel. Hence, GNU programs are also found on BSD-like > systems and even windows. GNU/Linux would be the appropriate name. okay okay, but for most poeple linux is just the kernel including what programs they can get for it. btw, I did say that linxu was a kindof unix and what GNU stands for. I only gave a general verview. > IMHO GNU/Linux combines the best of the other unices; flexibility, hardware > support, POSIX-compliancy etc. Hven't worked wiht BSD systems so I can't compare. > UNIX is too big a term to be compared to Linux as Linux is part of a > unix-like system. Said that. > Migrating to another type of unix should generally not be too difficult > though there are some minor differences. IMO it's useless to discuss these > here. Some people like these small differences, some don't. This is very > personal, so the best option is to try it yourself and determine what you > like best. Apart from that, for x86 boxes there's not much choice apart from linux and bsd. btw, other people would disagree wiht you that linxu is a unix. But please don't start any OS-conflict here. slainte leat freisin (cheers to you also), ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University note: homepage is outdated, don't remind me! ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!