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