From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 13 17:23:46 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0134C16A419 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:23:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-37.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-37.bluehost.com [69.89.20.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AE42213C468 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:23:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 3908 invoked by uid 0); 13 Dec 2007 17:23:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by mailproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 13 Dec 2007 17:23:45 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J2rmj-0003en-7T for freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:45 -0700 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lBDHNiFw017542 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:44 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id lBDHNhmV017541 for freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:43 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:43 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071213172343.GG11231@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org References: <49bf44f10712122100y45f12f77q4ae47f311905be25@mail.gmail.com> <20071213085217.GE29386@telos.xk7.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071213085217.GE29386@telos.xk7.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.net} {sentby:bopbeforesmtp 24.9.123.251 authed with apotheon.com} X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box183.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - apotheon.com Subject: Re: Current Gentoo user X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:23:46 -0000 On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:52:18AM +0000, Paul Waring wrote: > > Gentoo isn't really an operating system, it's a Linux distribution - the > only way in which it differs from other distributions (say Debian) is in > its package management. I've been running into the notion that Linux distributions aren't operating systems lately -- two or three times now. I find this immensely confusing. The way things are going, it seems that ultimately the term "operating system" will never be allowed to apply to anything that has anything at all to do with the Linux kernel, period. 1. The kernel isn't an OS (I happen to agree with this one). It's just a kernel, and it takes more than a kernel to make an OS. 2. The distro isn't an OS (I happen to disagree with this one). It's just a distribution, which, um, differs from an OS in that it, um, isn't an OS. 3. What the heck *is* an OS? -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] They always say that when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade. I always wonder -- isn't the lemonade going to suck if life doesn't give you any sugar?