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On Wednesday 25 September 2002 12:21, Moritz Schulte wrote: |
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> Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@××××××.nl> writes: |
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> > Most people do agree though that a kernel alone cannot make an |
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> > operating system, while it is certainly the most important part of |
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> > it. That's why a lot of people just call the linux-and-gnu based |
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> > operating system linux. |
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> Interesting, that makes me remember the Ford/Mazda comparison somebody |
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> mentioned in this thread: while the Mazda engine is probably the most |
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> important part of the system (the "kernel"), the complete car (the |
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> system as a whole) is named Ford and not Mazda. ;-) But it would be |
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> wrong and weird IMHO to not mention the engine in our car... |
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To take this into the car analogies. |
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The car called Linux or Gnu linux |
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Engine: made by Linus Torvalds & co. branded linux |
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Gearbox: made by FSF branded glibc |
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Steering wheel: various misc products by FSF (tar, gzip, bzip2, cpio, cvs, |
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diffutils, bash, ed, emacs, etc.) |
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Body: made (in most cases) by Xfree86.org, branded X |
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Paint: The buyer can choose between several styles, the most notable KDE and |
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GNOME. |
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Oil: Made by various authors: (hdparm, iptables, util-linux, modutils, |
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e2fstools, etc.) |
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Construction facility: made by FSF branded gcc and binutils |
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Design tools: made by FSF and branded automake and autoconf. |
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Of course there are plenty of optional add-ons to the linux car that need not |
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all be made using the standard tools/components, but the majority of the |
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add-ons are. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Junior Researcher |
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Mail: pauldv@××××××.nl |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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