Re:The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix (2011)
by cyphar on Thursday June 09, 2016 @02:12AM
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Which is why I personally use the term GNU/Linux. Not because the only other component in the system is GNU, but because it preserves the history of the system. It doesn't help than Linus calls his kernel an operating system.
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Re:The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix (2011)
by renox on Thursday June 09, 2016 @08:10AM
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Citation please? I don't remember Linus calling the kernel an operating system.
Re:The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix (2011)
by cyphar on Thursday June 09, 2016 @08:51AM
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The first line of his 1991 announcement comes to mind. He has called it an operating system more recently, but I can't find a link right now.
> I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.