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How?

• access_denied 18y ago
  The name refers to the kernel/OS part of the project. Like if I would call my project DIND (DIND is not DOS). Not TINT (TINT is not TurboPascal). If somebody says to me: let's make a free | punk | whatever operating system, I would think of a kernel and maybe a shell or windowing environment. Not of a compiler, an editor or some 35 utilities. (I realize the UNIX distribution contained more than the OS).
  • cchooper 18y ago
    As other people have said, Unix was the name of an operating system, not a kernel, and the name has always referred to more than just a kernel and a shell.