John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For starters, depends on what you mean by "linux." At its most basic, > Linux is the kernel. More usually, people use the term to refer to a > complete set of sofware such as might be found on your computer and > mine.
I was thinking in terms of GNU/Linux (with emphasis on the GNU part, when I think about it). > I saw in a paper someplace the term "genetic unix" used to refer to > descendants from the original Unix. > > Linux is not that, though it could contain some code that is descended > from that. Some other OS operating systems (FreeBSD etc) are genetic > linux. You mean unix. Didn't the *BSD people remove all AT&T code? > There is a standard, POSIX, to which operating systems must comply in > order to be considered Unix (non-TM). Linux aims to comply, but lacks > any necessary certification. I guess what I'm asking is, are those OSes that weren't using the original AT&T code (Minix, GNU, I'm guessing the different BSDs after the lawsuit and settlement) considered to be unix or a totally different kind of OSes? -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
