From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 13 18:50:40 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 B180416A473 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:50:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sdavtaker@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5144613C457 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:50:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sdavtaker@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so246281anc.13 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:50:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=UeIicmalaBxd21z1dJq5eZCoLUYK8HJ7YGMS1D5BRkw=; b=J3PHDmoTgUow11mkYTjyMkRWloRP5tL9kCmzSYYD/2WqdZi9h+lfFrGRsc+2brT9K1TnjygpO8QbFj+oMnG+CbjlltHSTqMyVhVOZmg/SYDZEcV1TkCiItL4IGkEZR2sONNDpcfsByddsZRfCnQR6U0rMjGBtxIaIey5/IAjP5M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=OXfXUHJoW//QLtR9OUXgpSmnVd6GKGC+/WOTg/Sg5f2ciol/HMNTRnhVW3ULn8WeMxWUzWulv7gyK2fOILdFz/2k8w2fcK4aRU+7EVTjRpnJj21JIcR+JtkgeMzV5eQyGFsV9HPMqOBaJCqdSffAE0kbt3YshUbR6aYlHrBpwl0= Received: by 10.100.34.16 with SMTP id h16mr4774910anh.114.1197571839702; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:50:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.100? ( [190.18.36.119]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c44sm6313975hsc.2007.12.13.10.50.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:50:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47617EF9.1070000@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:50:33 -0300 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sd=E4vtaker?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org References: <49bf44f10712122100y45f12f77q4ae47f311905be25@mail.gmail.com> <20071213085217.GE29386@telos.xk7.net> <20071213172343.GG11231@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20071213172343.GG11231@demeter.hydra> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 18:50:40 -0000 Chad Perrin escribi=F3: > 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 - t= he >> only way in which it differs from other distributions (say Debian) is = in >> its package management. >=20 > 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 ultimatel= y > the term "operating system" will never be allowed to apply to anything > that has anything at all to do with the Linux kernel, period. >=20 > 1. The kernel isn't an OS (I happen to agree with this one). It's ju= st > a kernel, and it takes more than a kernel to make an OS. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 3. What the heck *is* an OS? >=20 If you want a fast read:=20 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system#Definition_of_an_Operating_= System_.28OS.29 But there is a lot more info in Tanenbaum books, Staling books, or=20 Silverschatz books, the three of them named "operating systems". Rule of the thumb... If you find an easy application who runs in one=20 "Distribution" and it doesnt run in another one, then you can be pretty=20 sure those are not the same OS. =3D)