On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 03:18 -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jul 15, 2008, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > An operating system is a kernel plus a bunch of userland libraries and > programs that users and other applications generally rely on. Some > examples of operating systems are GNU, BSD, UNIX, MS-Windows, VMS, > DOS, OS/2, etc. > > A kernel is the part of an operating system responsible for allocating > machine resources. Some examples of kernels are Linux, Hurd, > KERNEL32.DLL, and the AFAIK nameless kernels of other operating > systems and variants there of mentioned above. > > > Now, it wouldn't make sense to say that Fedora is a kernel, or that > GNU is a distribution, would it? Why would it make sense that say > that Linux is an operating system, when even its original author > announced it as no more than a kernel that requires the GNU Operating > System to do anything useful? Although I really hesitate to get mixed up in this since I'm convinced that it's a complete waste of time, I can't help but point out that your definition of "operating system" does not include GNU, since GNU does not have a kernel. It's a "bunch of userland libraries and programs that users and other applications generally rely on". poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
