Re: GNU/Linux

Tim Smith (tzs@tzs.net)
Sun, 28 Mar 1999 21:52:13 -0800 (PST)


On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo wrote:
> something similar). That's the kernel. The complete operating system is
> in fact generally a GNU operating system, but with a Linux kernel rather
> than the GNU HURD. Nobody is saying that you should call your software

Is it? Linux seems much more friendly to developers of proprietary software
than a GNU system would or should be. From a philosophical point of view,
Linux is closer to Unix than to GNU--it is a Unix system that uses most of
the GNU utilities, but does not embrace the GNU philosophy.

--Tim Smith

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