| From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Linux isn't an operating system | Date | Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:35:31 +0000 (GMT) |
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> 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."
And Linux8086 is currently "GNU free" - all the GPL'd tools in its development so far are nonGNU simply because GNU fails to address small machines - and thats not a get at GNU, finite people = finite targets.
Alan
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