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"Thomas M. Beaudry" <k8la@×××××××××.com> writes: |
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> Actually an argument for leaving the name as-is. Then you have |
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> Gentoo Linux, Gentoo Hurd, etc. depending on the kernel that you are |
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> booting. |
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Well, no. "Gentoo Hurd" would not be correct - for the same reason |
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"Gentoo Linux" is not considered correct. Either it should be "Gentoo |
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GNU/Hurd" - or simply "Gentoo GNU" - since the Hurd is the official |
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GNU core and therefore "the GNU system" implies "Hurd based". It's |
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the same with Debian; we have Debian GNU/Linux and Debian GNU/Hurd. |
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Btw: the Hurd is not a kernel (that's why I said "core", actually we |
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don't have a single word to describe what the Hurd is). The Hurd |
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consists entirely of user space components, which run on top of a |
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Microkernel (Mach, at the moment, but the port to the |
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second-generation microkernel L4 is underway) to provide the system |
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services one would expect from a Unix like system (file systems, |
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networking stacks, processes, user/group IDs, authentication, etc.). |
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Thanks. |
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moritz |
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