Re: alternative motd and logo?
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 01:45:12PM -0500, Lance Simmons wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 10:58:26AM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote:
> >
> > Anyone who doesn't care for the term "GNU/Linux" should try running a
> > Linux system without any GNU components. The kernel is a critical part
> > of the system, but it's only one part, and not even a very large part
> > if you compare it (by binary size or lines of code) to the GNU C
> > library, plus the fileutils, the binutils, gcc, etc.
>
> Why is it that the GNU project has made so little progress on the HURD
> kernel? After all, a kernel isn't a very large part of an OS...
>
Linux is a version of UNIX
GNU is not UNIX
HURD is, also, not UNIX,
and is a lot less well defined as a project than Linux.
Linux really could not have happened without the GNU project. HURD was
going to be the OS of GNU, but it wasn't progressing fast enough for
the 'marketplace', so there was a 'window of opportunity' for Linux to
become a real, full featured OS, and it did.
There is plenty of credit for all involved to share.
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@quiknet.com
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