Current Gentoo user

Chad Perrin perrin at apotheon.com
Thu Dec 13 11:19:50 PST 2007


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?

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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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