From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sccrmhc01.attbi.com ([204.127.202.61]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17AbD3-0004gg-00 for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 14:51:41 -0400 Received: from mycomputer ([24.62.38.156]) by sccrmhc01.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020522185113.TCOY7675.sccrmhc01.attbi.com@mycomputer> for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 18:51:13 +0000 Message-ID: <013e01c201c1$6ac7f380$02263e18@mycomputer> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: Subject: Re: Newbie Lists And more, was; Re: Get Out Of Jail Free! Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 14:49:34 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Also, Linux is a kernel, not an operating system. The operating system = are the distributions Debian, Redhat, Caldera, Mandrake, Yellow Dog, = etc. Those are the operating sustems which contain the package managers, = and various packages for different tasks.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Toby Fisher To: Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:35 PM Subject: Re: Newbie Lists And more, was; Re: Get Out Of Jail Free! > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: >=20 > > I just want to make one small comment. My understanding is that unix > > is a family of operating systems, and that GNU/Linux is a member of > > that family, just like Sunos is a member of that family. Thus, unix > > and GNU/Linux are not separate operatingsystems, which you seem to = be > > implying in your post. >=20 > Actually, Greg, technically speaking, Linux is not a member o the Unix > family. Ok, so it's just picking hairs, but it has not fully complied > with the relevant standards, and although the contraventions are = small, > they do exist so in the strictest sense, Linux is not a unix, or at = least, > wasn't quite recently. >=20 > Cheers. >=20 > --=20 > Toby Fisher Email: toby@g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >=20