FAQ gally2: What is linux?

Janina Sajka janina at afb.net
Sun Jun 17 17:45:33 EDT 2001


The problem with getting clinically precise is that you introduce more
terms that must then be defined. Pretty soon, it ceases to be a friendly,
readable FAQ, and becomes a technical disertation. Isn't the intent on
this FAQ readability for newbies? Give 'em time to do first grade before
you send 'em to grad school!
 On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:

> Isn't itgnu/linux?
> Greg
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 04:20:56PM -0400, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> > I think at this point I syhould point out that this should be listed
> > or refered to as gnus/linux to indicate the whole operating system
> > instead of just the kernel.  The kernel is Linux the entire system is
> > gnus/linux.
> >
> >   Kirk
> >
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