Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:19:47 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Advocacy <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Current Gentoo user Message-ID: <20071213191947.GH11231@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <47617EF9.1070000@gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10712122100y45f12f77q4ae47f311905be25@mail.gmail.com> <20071213085217.GE29386@telos.xk7.net> <20071213172343.GG11231@demeter.hydra> <47617EF9.1070000@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 03:50:33PM -0300, Sd?vtaker wrote: > > If you want a fast read: > 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 > Silverschatz books, the three of them named "operating systems". > Rule of the thumb... If you find an easy application who runs in one > "Distribution" and it doesnt run in another one, then you can be pretty > sure those are not the same OS. =) So far, that looks like it matches my idea of an OS. So . . . how does this disqualify Gentoo? -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Marvin Minsky: "It's just incredible that a trillion-synapse computer could actually spend Saturday afternoon watching a football game."
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