From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jul 15 9:42:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1FC2155B3; Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:42:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA08241; Thu, 15 Jul 1999 10:41:57 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19990715104104.043a5a40@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 10:41:53 -0600 To: Seth From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: NT vs Linux vs FreeBSD Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <4.2.0.58.19990714142422.0455d7e0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You might call it that, yes. Though it wasn't really intended to be a distribution of software without hardware. --Brett At 09:01 AM 7/15/99 -0400, Seth wrote: >In which case we can assume that this new router based on a Linux kernel >is yet another distribution? > >SB > >On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > > > > > That's not what makes a different distribution. As with Linux, the > kernel and > > even the userland environment can be identical! All that's needed to > distinguish > > a distribution is a different set (or subset) of utilities, a different > setup > > program, different bundled application programs, and/or a different > default > > configuration. > > > > --Brett > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message