This is really about Linux rather than Debian Linux, so please direct me to a better forum if you know one.
Much is made (by some people) of the fact that GNU/Linux is the Linux kernel plus the GNU userland. There are projects to run GNU on different kernels, but what about hosting non-GNU userlands on the Linux kernel? Aside from GNU, I know of three open *nix userlands -- FreeBSD, the Heirloom Project, and the AT&T AST collection (UWIN). If you loosen your standards, there is also Plan 9. After the emergence of Debian/kFreeBSD, some people have asked about a FreeBSD/kLinux, but the answers are that it's practically impossible. Why? I can understand that the GNU tools depend on features of gcc and the Linux kernel. Does Linux depend on special features of the GNU userland? -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1344968904.30227.140661114806381.44ab8...@webmail.messagingengine.com
