From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 13 10:59:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B45BD16A4CE for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 10:59:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.r.caley.org.uk (82-41-211-19.cable.ubr12.edin.blueyonder.co.uk [82.41.211.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6A9F43D4C for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 10:59:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rjc@caley.org.uk) Received: from pele.r.caley.org.uk (pele.r.caley.org.uk [10.0.0.12]) by mail.r.caley.org.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i5DAx132037384; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:59:01 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rjc@caley.org.uk) Received: from pele.r.caley.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pele.r.caley.org.uk (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i5DAx0Fm041347; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:59:01 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rjc@bast.r.caley.org.uk) Received: (from rjc@localhost) by pele.r.caley.org.uk (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id i5DAwxr0041344; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:58:59 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rjc@bast.r.caley.org.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: pele.r.caley.org.uk: rjc set sender to rjc@bast.r.caley.org.uk using -f Sender: rjc@caley.org.uk To: "Grauwmans Steven" References: <000001c45054$39e06a20$5f7fa551@gezin> From: Richard Caley In-Reply-To: <000001c45054$39e06a20$5f7fa551@gezin> Date: 13 Jun 2004 11:58:59 +0100 Message-ID: <87isdv911o.fsf@pele.r.caley.org.uk> Lines: 27 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's the big difference between Linux and Unix?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 10:59:26 -0000 In article <000001c45054$39e06a20$5f7fa551@gezin>, Grauwmans Steven (gs) writes: gs> If U could please help me, I'm getting confused. Linux is a kernel, ie the bit of the OS which needs to be there, but you should never be aware of in normal use if it works properly. Unix is a trademark. There used to be an OS caled Unix, but it is so long since it's descendents diverged that the name is pretty useless now. If you see it in use it is probably historical, marketing or someone who is confused. It's like looking for a modern human population to label as homo-erectus. So, basicly you are looking at a large number of Unix-like operating systems, some of which use Linux as their kernel, some of which don't. To add another dodgy metaphor, Volkswaggon once created a car called the Golf which was so sucessful that lots of cars now are visibly descendents of that design. Some of them share the same kind of engine. However none of those cars is a golf, and certainly the engine isn't. -- Mail me as MYFIRSTNAME@MYLASTNAME.org.uk _O_ |<