Re: Info!
>to tell the difference. [okay, there are unix ports to
>various desktop pc's as well. i'm a bit fuzzy on the
>distinction there.]
The distinction is ...
>linux is a free kernel
... that. Unix is not free; Linux is.
:-)
Technically, Linux is just a KERNEL. All the rest of the programs are from other sources (mostly stuff from the GNU folks, written under the free GPL, etc).
A distribution is a combination of the kernel, the free GNU stuff, and whatever else the distributor wants to bundle in.
Which is why Debian distrubtion is called "Debian GNU/Linux".
(There is a GNU kernel being worked on - called HURD - but don't expect it anytime soon, is what I hear).
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