Gum Gum Gum 😊> From: cncole at earthlink.net > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:29:40 -0600 > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Manjero or Mint? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Munir Nassar > > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 10:22 AM > > To: TCLUG Mailing List > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Manjero or Mint? > > Generally forked up? :-) > > Chuck > > (thanks for the clarificaations!) > > > > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Ryan Coleman > > <ryan.coleman at cwis.biz> wrote: > > > > > > On Dec 29, 2014, at 11:08 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > As everyone knows my posts are basically 'or have been' > > about my learning > > > and my... so called research <--some scoff' > > > > > > The introduction of Unix now more commonly named GNU-Linux > > <--from a basic > > > standpoint as 'wishing to be smart' > > > > > > > > > Then you should understand and know that Linux is not Unix at all. > > > Linux is a fork from Unix from 20+ years ago. Unix is still > > alive and well > > > (HPUX, AIX). Linux covers those that are called Linux and > > then there's BSD > > > which is another fork. > > > > Linux is NOT a fork from Unix, it is a combination of GNU, a > > reimplementation(and betterment IMHO) of the Unix userland tools, with > > a kernel written by Linus Torvalds, but these two are certainly not > > the only parts in the system. People have tried in the past to claim > > that Linux is a derivative of Unix but there is no factual basis to > > this claim. > > > > Minix is another example of a reimplementation that does not share > > code with the original Unix. > > > > the various BSDs and commercial UNIX offerings(HP's HP-UX, IBM's AIX, > > Microsoft's(yes, THAT Microsoft) Xenix, SCO's(Novels?) UnixWare, > > Digital's Tru64, Sun's SunOS/Solaris, Apple's OSX... etc) are all > > forks and derivatives of the original Unix. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28software_development%29 > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Unix > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%80%93Linux_controversies > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20141230/0557a168/attachment.html>