On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 02:54:35PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 02:56:15AM +0200, Damien Genet wrote: > > > When I install Debian(be it Linux/alpha, Linux/s390, FreeBSD/arm), I want to > > > know it functions like Debian, with all of it's filesystem layouts and > > > interface programs. > > > > > > If Debian Linux/alpha, Debian FreeBSD/arm, and Debian hurd-i386 are all > > > different, then what is the point of Debian? > > > > i'm sorry, but that's just stupid > > they are all different, and all have specificities > > you are also amalgaming ports and os > > > > what a user installing a Debian GNU/linux, Debian GNU/Hurd,or Debian > > *BSD, want to see is not only a Debian distribution, (ie: common tools > > to administate it, common policy on where the files belongs) > > but he also want to use a different os, (or what would be the interrest > > to have different os then...), > > No. The operating system in general is still Debian, whereas the kernel, the > C library, or whatever else, is different. It's that everybody I know has another definition of operating system. Pointless discussion unless people give their defintion of operating system. Then you can start a discussion about what the ultimate definition for everybody is, but that doesn't exist, so that's pointless too. The only thing I wanted to make clear is that GNU/Hurd is very different from GNU/Linux and we should treat is as something different. > > and they are some specificities that can't be avoided > > I don't see how could he have been talking about the differences that can't Practically impossible. If you want to turn GNU/Linux in something which can run Hurd servers, your pretty close to a GNU/Hurd system with a Linux microkernel. No point in discussion whether this is pratical or not here, I suggest you go to some Linux mailinglist if you want to run Hurd servers on Linux. :P Jeroen Dekkers -- Jabber ID: jdekkers@jabber.org IRC ID: jeroen@openprojects GNU supporter - http://www.gnu.org
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