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Well Linux is just a kernel, so it's a bit unfair to call it glued together...but the rest (a ditro)...lot of glue and clay...sometimes also pure mud.
by nix23 6y ago
Well Linux is just a kernel, so it's a bit unfair to call it glued together...but the rest (a ditro)...lot of glue and clay...sometimes also pure mud.
- a1369209993 6y agoDon't forget the duct tape, bailing wire, and gum.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoNobody uses just the kernel alone, so I think it's fair to consider the other required components when looking at the system.
- mulmen 6y agoBut FreeBSD is an operating system. The userland and kernel are developed together, in the same source tree AFAIK. With Linux you have to glue a user land on to use the kernel, which is a "distribution" which is actually an operating system.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoAgreed? I thought we were talking about Linux
- mulmen 6y agoThis is an article and thread about FreeBSD. Linux was invoked and compared to FreeBSD in a completely nonsensical way.
- nix23 6y agoLinux is a Kernel...like you said, are you talking about gnu/linux musl/gnu/linux musl/busybox/linux libc++/uClibc/glibc/musl/busybox/matchbox/gnu/rpm/deb/tar.gz any other distro/composition of software that runs on linux? You see the problem? Linux is a kernel, FreeBSD/Open/Net/Dragonfly are real OS's...with pkg's.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoThe grandparent of my post was: >> FreeBSD's point of distinction is that it's carefully designed and fitted together, compared to Linux's comparatively heavy use of glue. To which was offered: > Well Linux is just a kernel, so it's a bit unfair to call it glued together...but the rest (a ditro)...lot of glue and clay...sometimes also pure mud. So I pointed out that it is fair to call it glued together, because there's no other way to use Linux except with glue. This is applicable to any of GNU/Linux, Busybox/Linux, etc.
- nix23 6y agoBut one could get rid of the clay and mud...that was my point.