Re: OT: OS / distro / kernel

2002-03-29 Thread Rob 'Feztaa' Park
--cvVnyQ+4j833TQvp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Alas! Kai Blin spake thus: > You mean like emacs? That nice OS with the bad editor? Hey, did you know that you can actually run Vim from inside Emacs? Now Emacs

Re: OT: OS / distro / kernel

2002-03-29 Thread Kai Blin
* Ricardo SIGNES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [28/03/02, 11:45:42]: [...] > The question of which is right is probably flame material. We both have our > reasons to say we're right. Based on something like Bach's "Design of the UNIX > Operating System," the kernel is technically the OS. Based on the d

Re: OT: OS / distro / kernel

2002-03-28 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 11:45:42AM -0500 I heard the voice of Ricardo SIGNES, and lo! it spake thus: > > The question of which is right is probably flame material. We both have our > reasons to say we're right. Based on something like Bach's "Design of the UNIX > Operating System," the kernel i

Re: OT: OS / distro / kernel

2002-03-28 Thread Ricardo SIGNES
On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 07:47:29AM -0800, Michael Elkins wrote: > Mike Schiraldi wrote: > > > > Except that Linux is only the kernel. Linux + GNU + some other files and > > > > configuration is the OS. That, plus some applications is the distribution. > > > > > > You're wrong. > > > > How is h

OT: OS / distro / kernel

2002-03-28 Thread Mike Schiraldi
> > Except that Linux is only the kernel. Linux + GNU + some other files and > > configuration is the OS. That, plus some applications is the distribution. > > You're wrong. How is he wrong? msg26360/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: OT: OS / distro / kernel

2002-03-28 Thread Michael Elkins
Mike Schiraldi wrote: > > > Except that Linux is only the kernel. Linux + GNU + some other files and > > > configuration is the OS. That, plus some applications is the distribution. > > > > You're wrong. > > How is he wrong? In the computer science sense, an operating system is the piece of s

Re: OT: OS / distro / kernel

2002-03-28 Thread darren chamberlain
* Mike Schiraldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-03-28 10:42]: > > > Except that Linux is only the kernel. Linux + GNU + some other > > > files and configuration is the OS. That, plus some applications > > > is the distribution. > > > > You're wrong. > > How is he wrong? I was wondering that too; h