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SubjectRe: Linux isn't an operating system
davem@caip.rutgers.edu (David S. Miller)  wrote on 06.03.96 in <199603070318.WAA27697@huahaga.rutgers.edu>:

> From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
> Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:35:31 +0000 (GMT)
>
> > There are a number of whole operating systems using the Linux kernel,
> > Most of them are more or less close variants of the GNU system, so I
> > recommend the term "Linux-based GNU system" for them.
>
> May I recommend the more accurate by line count
>
> "Linux Based MIT X Windows/Gnu/BSD/MIT system."
>
> I think we are all missing Richard's point. The GNU system when
> finalized will use the MIT X Window system for a graphical interface.
> The GNU system will use some BSD programs if GNU equivalents are not
> available yet and it is convenient to use the BSD ones.
>
> This is why Linux is a GNU system because sans operating system kernel
> Linux is close to if not exactly like what the final GNU system will
> be like.

This is simply faulty logic. You could use the same logic to call the
future GNU system a Linux system. Or maybe you could call both BSD
systems. Or whatever.

This is one of the stupidest flame wars I've seen in a long time.

MfG Kai


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