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Curt Sampson <
> wrote:
> On 28 Aug 1998, Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
>
> > > The entire Linux kernel is basically done from scrath. Almost all
> > > of the userland was taken from GNU and BSD work.
> >
> > Wasn't that what I said? ('Linux' is the kernel, nothing else).
>
> Well, the popular use of `Linux' includes a userland. I know a lot
> of people who, if I ask them what OS they use, will reply `Linux'
> rather than `Linux with the GNU utilities and libraries.' I expect
> you fall into this category too. :-)
:) Whell... In my opinion, they are still correct, since the OS is the
kernel, Operating System, the system that operates the system (hardware).
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