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Re: A83: Include...
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Linus Akesson wrote:
>
> In accordance with the prophecy, Olle Hedman uttered:
>
>
> > James Matthews wrote:
> >> And you mean www.redhat.org =) I think...isn't that the name of a unix
> >> flavour?
>
> > Yes I mean redhat.. and .com even :)
> > And no, it isn't a unix flavour, it is a Linux distribution. (Linux is a unix
> > flavour though) That is, it is the OS Linux, which is free, boundled together
> > with a lot of software, both free and sometimes nonfree, and includeing an
> > installation program, that does all the dirty work of setting up stuff, like the
> > filesystem and configurations, for you.
> > You don't need to get a distribution to get linux on your computer, but it makes
> > it a heck of a lot easier.
>
> > //Olle
>
> Linux is NOT a Unix flavour. That's like stating that Windows 95 is a MacOS
> flavour, just because they both multitask and have windows and icons.
Win95 /IS/ a MacOS flavor. Ever notice how it's taken after MacOS in
practially everything?
Daniel Church | "War doesn't determine who is right-
___---^---___ | only who is left."
dchurch@mbhs.edu | -anonymous
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