Re: /bin/ksh not found

From: Savio Sena (savio@cyberspace.org)
Date: 04/24/03

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    From: savio@cyberspace.org (Savio Sena)
Date: 24 Apr 2003 06:31:27 -0700

    Valentin Nechayev <netch@segfault.kiev.ua> wrote in message news:<20030424095227.GC7989@iv.nn.kiev.ua>...
    [snipped]
    > It's not Linux. Linux is bare kernel got from ftp.kernel.org or its mirror.
    > "Bare" means that it even doesn't contain kernel-specific tools, such as
    > modutils; it is unsuitable for any practice usage by itself.
    > Real OS is a distribution which has another name (e.g. `RedHat Linux').
    > Even kernel in it isn't usually bare kernel from kernel.org; especially
    > RedHat applies tons of patches to it, because kernel from kernel.org isn't
    > usable (don't flame on this here, please), changes kernel interface (adds
    > syscalls, etc.). And distributions are too different in many details,
    > not only in flat version of used software, but also in central
    > approach, which results in quite different building results for them
    > and different working. Different Linux-based OSes can't be the same OS;
    > binaries are generally unportable between them.
    >

    I suggest we stop with this discussion about religion.

        /savio

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