On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 20:59, Jan L. Peterson wrote: > > I also think that libc, glibc, and all the other libraries/tools/ > > programs are _not_ part of the Operating System > > So, Ross, what are those components if not part of the Operating > System? Is the Operating System usable without those components?
Of course not, but they can easily be replaced with something non-gnu. In otherwords having the GNU components, while convenient, isn't strictly necessary. Michael > > I would argue that those components, typically called the "user land" > (basically anything not the kernel) ARE part of the Operating System. > > Now, I don't care if you call it Linux or GNU/Linux or a Linux-based > operating system or whatever. But I don't think that the Linux kernel > by itself is an Operating System. > > -jan- -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
