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b.n. wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I ask it here because I really don't know where to ask it. |
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> Is there a Linux system somewhere with a *non-GNU* userland? |
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> I wonder in particular if: |
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> - there are Linux systems using the BSD userlands |
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> - there are Linux systems using completely non-standard userlands... |
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> let's say, non-Unix tools on top of a Linux kernel. |
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> Only thing I can think about is (maybe) embedded systems or things using |
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> busybox, but in the latter case just imitating gnu or bsd userlands. |
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> Not that I have a real purpose for such a bizarre beast, I'm just curious. |
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> m. |
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You might possibly be missing one of the most basic (in organization) |
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differences between any BSD and any Linux is that BSD's are all built and |
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packaged with a set of userland programs. This doesn't include many user |
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applications, just the kind of things that you think of as being part of any |
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base (like shells, or utilities like the various filesystem tools, grep, find, |
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like that) Linux, OTOH, is only a kernel. Any time you go after a distribution |
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that has more than the kernel (and ONLY the kernel) its because the group |
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putting together that distribution has decided to attach those parts, but the |
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Linux developers are concerned with the kernel alone. |
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So, when you talk about, say, FreeBSD, you're talking about kernel + userland |
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base. This isn't truie with Linux, so all linuxes are just a little bit |
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different in their choice of userland tools. |
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Some Linux distros cater more to developers, some to businesspeople, some to |
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newbies, some to professionals. FreeBSD is FreeBSD. There are good reasons why |
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both are as they are, neither is (without your own opinion making it so) |
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"better". It is usually true that Linuxes all have better coverage of device |
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drivers. It is also usually true BSD's are usually more evenly planned. But, |
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there are differences. What you ought to do is to read as many different OSes |
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as yo have time for, because it sure makes a great hobby. |
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