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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Gum Gum Gum <img src="https://a.gfx.ms/Emoji_1F60A.png" alt="Emoji" class="Emoji$1F60A$AC0 RenderedEmoji"><br /><br /><div>> From: cncole@earthlink.net<br>> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:29:40 -0600<br>> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Manjero or Mint?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> > -----Original Message-----<br>> > From: tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org<br>> > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Munir Nassar<br>> > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 10:22 AM<br>> > To: TCLUG Mailing List<br>> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Manjero or Mint?<br>> <br>> Generally forked up? :-)<br>> <br>> Chuck<br>> <br>> (thanks for the clarificaations!)<br>> <br>> ><br>> > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Ryan Coleman<br>> > <ryan.coleman@cwis.biz> wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > > On Dec 29, 2014, at 11:08 PM, paul g <pj.world@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > > As everyone knows my posts are basically 'or have been'<br>> > about my learning<br>> > > and my... so called research <--some scoff'<br>> > ><br>> > > The introduction of Unix now more commonly named GNU-Linux<br>> > <--from a basic<br>> > > standpoint as 'wishing to be smart'<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Then you should understand and know that Linux is not Unix at all.<br>> > > Linux is a fork from Unix from 20+ years ago. Unix is still<br>> > alive and well<br>> > > (HPUX, AIX). Linux covers those that are called Linux and<br>> > then there's BSD<br>> > > which is another fork.<br>> ><br>> > Linux is NOT a fork from Unix, it is a combination of GNU, a<br>> > reimplementation(and betterment IMHO) of the Unix userland tools, with<br>> > a kernel written by Linus Torvalds, but these two are certainly not<br>> > the only parts in the system. People have tried in the past to claim<br>> > that Linux is a derivative of Unix but there is no factual basis to<br>> > this claim.<br>> ><br>> > Minix is another example of a reimplementation that does not share<br>> > code with the original Unix.<br>> ><br>> > the various BSDs and commercial UNIX offerings(HP's HP-UX, IBM's AIX,<br>> > Microsoft's(yes, THAT Microsoft) Xenix, SCO's(Novels?) UnixWare,<br>> > Digital's Tru64, Sun's SunOS/Solaris, Apple's OSX... etc) are all<br>> > forks and derivatives of the original Unix.<br>> ><br>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28software_development%29<br>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Unix<br>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux<br>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%80%93Linux_controversies<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>> > tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list<br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>> tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list<br></div> </div></body>
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