On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 09:33:36AM -0500, Shawn McMahon wrote:
> 
> Think of it as like a Linux distribution.  Linux is the OS, RedHat or
> Debian is the distribution.  Saying "Solaris" is like saying "Debian",
> only slower and less free.  :-)
 
Except that Linux is only the kernel.  Linux + GNU + some other files and
configuration is the OS.  That, plus some applications is the distribution.

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rjbs

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