Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751115AbWJDUxb (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2006 16:53:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751113AbWJDUxa (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2006 16:53:30 -0400 Received: from odyssey.analogic.com ([204.178.40.5]:21267 "EHLO odyssey.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751115AbWJDUx3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2006 16:53:29 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C6E7F7.18769200" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Oct 2006 20:53:08.0333 (UTC) FILETIME=[18A961D0:01C6E7F7] Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: It's not GNU/Linux - it's jusy LINUX Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 16:53:07 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: It's not GNU/Linux - it's jusy LINUX thread-index: Acbn9xizE7M6rJk7RFqMyNZHGzYwMA== References: <20060928144028.GA21814@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <4520D40F.8080500@perkel.com> <4522CF20.9070501@pzforum.net> <4522D36B.10100@perkel.com> <17698.55554.717774.723696@cse.unsw.edu.au> From: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" To: "Jan Engelhardt" Cc: "Neil Brown" , "Marc Perkel" , "Ivan Dimitrov" , "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Reply-To: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3948 Lines: 91 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C6E7F7.18769200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> "Linux" is an operating system kernel. By itself it is pretty >> useless. > > I have to object. > > Linux (kernel) plus a static standalone userspace binary -- 'enough' for > embedded applications. It does not need GNU in it (with the exception > of the kernel's license, GPL, of course). > Actually, it needs no libraries at all. See attached. It doesn't even need the 'C' language to perform useful work although I'm sure you would not want to write a database application in assembly language. Also, although I used the GNU assembler and Linker, there are other tools that would work just as well. >> A thing which is Linux plus lots of libraries and utilities and maybe >> a windowing system and a "desktop" is a lot more than "Linux". > > -`J' > -- Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.16.24 on an i686 machine (5592.72 BogoMips). New book: http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/ _ =1A=04 **************************************************************** The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be= privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of= this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient= is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify= Analogic Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by= sending an email to DeliveryErrors@analogic.com - and destroy all copies= of this information, including any attachments, without reading or= disclosing them. 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