that old GNU/Linux argument
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Sat Jul 19 21:43:53 UTC 2008
Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>
>> The core of the distribution is the kernel, called Linux.
>
> What about GNU *core*utils? :-P :-D
>
> And then, again, what if you remove Linux, install kFreeBSD or
> OpenSolaris in its stead, rebuild glibc to export the same ABI but use
> the system calls of the new kernel, and reboot? How come that would
> still be Linux?
It wouldn't be Linux. It might be http://www.nexenta.org/os.
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Les Mikesell
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