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Got a 3rd computer, gonna start with Linux
voidmain:
I already have WAY too much junk in my house. The wife would kick me out of the house if I added that door stop to my collection.
Calum:
but what a cool way to stop doors open!!! :D :D :D
I had to post these pictures i found of 3B2s, to see if other people think they are cool!
I got these pix from The Obsolete Computer Museum and The Venturing Crew 369's Equipment List, in case anybody's interested!
[ May 09, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]
voidmain:
Yeah, the one I worked on was the middle pic (not sure if our's was a Model 70 but it had the same case).
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by MikeU:
According to Linus Torvalds' Biography "Just for FUN," (2001) Linus based Linux on the POSIX standard from nearly the begining. And if I remember correctly, he couldn't get official POSIX standard documentation, so he used a Sun MicroSystems manual as a model. So stating that Linux was based on Minix is just untrue. He made Linux because he was unsatisfied with Minix. Plus, the source code for Minix was already available, he could have just copied it, if he wanted it to be based on Minix.
I did some papers on both the Free Software movement, and Linus Torvalds this term. )
So this stuff is still fresh in my mind.
Mike U
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One other thing that is important to note when you refer to Linus' contributions. Linus did not create the operating system, only the kernel (which is the most critical piece, granted). Most of the Linux "OS" or "distros" which as a whole one would compare to "UNIX". Most of the base operating system is created by the GNU developers. Then on top of that you have XFree which came out of the MIT X. On top of that you have KDE and Gnome. A lot of the same packages are used in both Linux (the OS) and BSD. It's the kernel itself where the big differences are.
[ May 09, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
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