> Alright.. if someone really wants to start this flame war, I'll toss a
> stick or two on the fire and duck out. :)
Good Strategy... (-=
> You can be enthusiastic about your kernel all you want (I compile and
> install new kernels within 24hrs of hitting the ftp sites), but it's the
> rest of the tools that make the system useful. :)
The question is not one of tools, the question is one of system libraries.
Are the standard C libraries part of what makes something an operating
system or not? I say not since it's a matter of taste and a matter of how
you want to use the system, those libraries are not required for an OS by
any means; an OS needs a kernel and a shell. From there everything else
is optional that you add on to increase functionality.
I run Linux with a bunch of add-ons to put the functionality where I want
it; some is gnu, bsd, apache group, the x dudes, a whole crapload of
independant works, and pile of stuff I wrote myself because the other
options didn't do it. No one group of those is more important than
another, my system doesn't do what I want without any of them.
--Nick
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