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Re:What the GNU? by r283492 on Thursday September 30, 2021 @10:42AM (#28706881)
> Torvalds chose method 1;

Huh? Torvalds never intended to create an operating system, just a kernel, and that is true to this day.

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Re:What the GNU? by valleyer on Friday October 01, 2021 @12:11AM (#28714438)
"I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones."
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Re:What the GNU? by jcelerier on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @05:50PM (#28845502)
note that in computer science academia operating system is very often synonymous of kernel
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Re:What the GNU? by JasonFruit on Thursday September 30, 2021 @10:57AM (#28707090)
How about, "Torvalds' decisions led to choice #1"?
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