Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
>
> On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Adi Stav wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 11:51:45AM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote:
> > > > Now. let's see if I got it right:
> > > > RedHat is the operating system, and the
> > > > KDE, GNOME... are the envyroments -
> > > > Which means: I'll have the Linux Redhat 6.2
> > > > and will be ableto function on several
> > > > envyroments.
> > > >
> > > > Hope I'm not a slowlearner...
> > >
> > > I prefer to say that Linux is the operating system, RedHat is the
> > > distribution,
>
> With the current amount of differences between various linux distros,
> calling each of them "operting system" is more correct.
>
I wouldn't join your terminology.
IMO,
* Linux is the Operating system brand,
* RedHat,Debian are distributions, meaning a typical, not identical to other,
type of Linux. They differ in numerous minor/less minor ways. Each dirto' is
like a special flavour of Linux.
I wouldn't call each distro a different OS. They are all able to run the same
binaries (true they are packaged differently, but this is just the *package*,
not the content), and they simply share much more than they differ, if you look
at the whole computers OS world, not only at the Linux world.
Boaz.
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