From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <14ec7b180511081348r3c36d8c9g5be3b690b838ac08@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 14:48:29 -0700 From: andrey mirtchovski To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] "Plan 9 Linux" In-Reply-To: <4db702a7655db72be50561c82106536f@9netics.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <4db702a7655db72be50561c82106536f@9netics.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: a9348fd2-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 and now for something completely different: "a man with.." err, "selected quotes from the manual" "Linux by itself is a text based system with few applications. It is reminiscent of DOS, but with multi-tasking, multi-user, hyperthreading capabilities, and more. But, such a system by itself can be very intimidating (and of limited use), which is why it is commonly referred to as GNU/Linux." "Linux is just a kernel (the core of your operating), but by including GNU/Linux you achieve a complete system. For simplicity sake though, GNU/Linux is often referred to as just Linux and this book will often acquiesce to that commonly accepted standard." "To understand the power of Linux you need not look any further than the fastest super computer in the world, Blue Gene, which happens to use Linux as its operating system. Linux is also the backbone of the internet as the Apache webserver accounts for 60% of the world wide web and runs primarily on Linux and BSD." thank you! i'll be here all week!