Re: [Sheflug] linux.org

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] fishbot.org.uk>]

Basically, I define an operating system as a kernel (for linking the
software to the hardware), some kind of shell (graphical or otherwise, for
linking the user to the software), and of course apps/utilities, enough to
constitute some kind of file system management, process control, software
execution, etc. By these terms, good example of a minimal operating system
is MS-DOS. It boots, it lets you do what you like, and thats it...

Craig Andrews
craig@fishbot.org.uk

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Life would be so much easier if we 
could just look at the source code.
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On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Will Newton wrote:

> On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Craig Andrews wrote:
> 
> > In fact, anyone who knows the difference between a kernel and an OS would
> > be a little puzzled. I wonder what they were thinking? :)
> 
> Depends on your point of view. Both Silberschatz and Tanenbaum make no
> real distinction between a "kernel" and an "operating system". They talk
> of an "operating system" and "application programs".
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