"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I use Linux, not GNU, BSD, or other Unix-based operating > > systems, and want to release programs under the GPL. > > > > Linux is just a kernel, using it without any operating system is > > impossible. > > Nonsense. Embedded applications work directly on top of a kernel. > > They require a bit more than a kernel to run,
Nonsense. I've programmed quite a few such applications, complete standalone industrial systems, including the kernel. > so no, they don't work directly on top of a kernel. If you > implement the operating system directly in the kernel, then the > kernel and operating are the same. I guess you don't know what you are talking about. > > GNU is one operating system that works with Linux, > > More nonsense. Operating systems certainly require a kernel (in > fact, the standard Computer Science definition pretty much covers > _only_ the kernel unless we are talking Microkernel-based systems). > GNU without kernel is not an operating system. > > Sure it is. Kindergarten argumentation does not make it so. > The only nonsense is what you have said. > > > David, you really ought to go and take a CS class.. I happen to have a degree in engineering, one that included computer science classes. But I had programmed complete embedded systems including kernel, hardware drivers and cross compiler previously, and had exposure to a number of operating systems and kernels. How about you read an introductory article about operating systems instead of blowing smoke? <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system> is pretty close to the established CS definition of "operating system". -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss