Tom Hart wrote:
From my Oxford Dictionary of Current English (I'll avoid
Merriam-Webster since it has several "bugs" involving the spellings of
words like "colour", "honour", "theatre", "centre", etc.):
operating system (n.) basic software that enables the running of a
computer program.
Sou
Robert Millan wrote:
The real problem comes when people who think "OS != kernel" (which are 99%
of people) learn from the first group that the Hurd is an OS, which is
completely wrong.
I think 99% of people don't have a clue what a kernel is. I know I
didn't before I started using GNU/Linux.
F
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 04:17:48PM -0600, Tom Hart wrote:
> Robert Millan wrote:
> >
> >For what i can see, the confusion consists in that many people think
> >the Hurd is an operating system whereas GNU is a collection of software
> >that just happens to work well on Un*x.
>
> I don't think many
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 04:17:48PM -0600, Tom Hart wrote:
> This is *not* a bug. It's a disagreement between HUMAN BEINGS over
> terminology. We don't say that other people are "buggy" if they disagree
> with us.
I've done that. =)
> What is GNU/FreeBSD?
That is the FreeBSD port that uses gli
Robert Millan wrote:
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 03:36:02PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
Tom Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
The GNU project uses the term "operating system" to refer to the
complete *usable* system, ie. GNU, GNU/Hurd, GNU/Linux, and "kernel"
to refer to the kernel, ie. Lin
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 03:36:02PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Tom Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >
> > The GNU project uses the term "operating system" to refer to the
> > complete *usable* system, ie. GNU, GNU/Hurd, GNU/Linux, and "kernel"
> > to refer to the kernel, ie. Linux, H
Tom Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Doesn't a lot of this confusion come from:
>
> 1. No enforced standardization of terminology.
>
> The GNU project uses the term "operating system" to refer to the
> complete *usable* system, ie. GNU, GNU/Hurd, GNU/Linux, and "kernel"
> to refer to the kerne
Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 11:05:56AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
According to documentation of BSD Unix [1], the uname command appeared
in 4.4BSD distribution, and the -s op
