Re: Linux isn't an operating system

Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:35:31 +0000 (GMT)

> 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