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The Linux kernel is a kernel, not an OS. Even if my set-top-box is running some flavor of Android, it looks nothing like my phone or anything else, thus I would
by withinboredom 3y ago
The Linux kernel is a kernel, not an OS. Even if my set-top-box is running some flavor of Android, it looks nothing like my phone or anything else, thus I would classify it as a different OS -- even if the underlying code is based on Android.
- programmer_dude 3y agoAnd Minix 3 is an OS?
- paride5745 3y agoYes, full OS with its own microkernel and NetBSD-forked userland.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoWhat's the point of nitpicking userland if we're concerned with processor build-in management engines?
- paride5745 3y agoMinix3 was born as a full OS, not a management engine. What Intel really did with the code, nobody really knows.
- sgt 3y agoDoes Intel bundle all the userland tools?
- mattl 3y agoDoes it need to?
- programmer_dude 3y agoIs it an OS if there is no userland?
- mattl 3y agoAs long as there's init, or something to boot into, sure.
- withinboredom 3y agoI'd be really curious why there are downvotes, mostly for the discussion.