Well, maybe, but without them your Linux box is close to being a usless hunk of metal.
Now, things like Gnome, KDE, etc., THAT is frosting on the cake (which is not necessarily a bad thing). --- "LD \"Gus\" Landis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Re: Linux > Not too strong, IMO. Anything, no, *everything* outside of the > kernel is > "frosting on the cake". > > What you are talking about is what is necessary for a POSIX > environmnet, > (e.g. sh, bash, mv, cp, tar, etc). > > These are not Linux at all. > > They are (usually) part of a "Linux distribution" as they are part > of an > "AIX distribution", "OS X distribution", "FreeBSD distribution", > etc, > etc, and so forth. > > Linux is "just a kernel". Debian, Knoppix, Red Hat and SuSE, etc > are > merely software distributions that happen to use the Linux kernel > between > the hardware and the execution environment. > > Cheers, > --ldl > > On 5/26/05, Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, that might be a LITTLE strong. For example, X11 isn't party > of > > the kernel, nor is bash, little things like mv, cp, tar, etc., etc. > > (much less libraries like libc). Does that mean that these things > are > > all "icing on the cake"? > > > > --- Crawford Rainwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The only difference of doing RedHat and/or SuSE vs. Debian or > (insert > > > another non-commercial distribution name here) is the commercial > > > enterprise support offered. As Mark said, Linux is the kernel, > the > > > kernel is Linux. Distributions are the "icing on top of the > cake" in > > > my > > > honest opinion. > > > > > > With that said, there are quite a few folks on the HHs list that > have > > > tried Debian and RedHat variants. Depending on the end game > plan, > > > most > > > will work for small and large implementations quite well. It is > if > > > you > > > have the Linux system administrator(s) to handle said > implementation > > > that becomes the question. > > > > > > FWIW. > > > > > > --- Crawford > > > -- > > > The Linux ETC Company > > > 368 South McCaslin Boulevard > > > P.M.B. 146 > > > Louisville, CO 80027 USA > > > +1 (303) 604-2550 (voice) > > > +1 (866) 604-2550 (toll free within the US) > > > +1 (303) 664-0036 (fax) > > > http://www.linux-etc.com > > > > > > > > > A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his > forefathers. --Benjamin Disraeli > > ==== > > Greg Woodhouse > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > > Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using > Yahoo! > > Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your > own > > Applications - visit > http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > -- > LD Landis - N0YRQ - from the St Paul side of Minneapolis > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using > Yahoo! > Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own > Applications - visit > http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. --Benjamin Disraeli ==== Greg Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
