On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Robert Kiesling wrote:
> It helps to think of the way that the FSF and Linux define
> themselves. Linux (according to Linus) is the kernel. The rest
> is free software, mostly.
>
> What I do generally is install a basic Debian system, then add X
> from ftp.x.org, and everything else from their respective sites.
> If your testing is that critical, you might consider defining
> a baseline distribution of your own. I don't see Linux as
> being as well packaged as Solaris, my other OS, though, or maybe
> that means it's more flexible.
>
> Then of course, the GNU project is developing Hurd, which is
> a completely different kernel architecture than Linux. So while
> it may not be "Linux" there will certainly be enough free source
> code to insure continuity, I think.
I may be wrong, but I think you miss my point. It doesn't matter how I
mess wth Linux. It dosn't matter how I build my machines. The rest of the
world wants easy to understand, easy to work with Linux and when they
don't get it, they might just forget about it.
But I guess that's not a bad thing afterall.
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