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| 197881 | 2003-12-06 06:17:00 | Why is there so much attention paid to this Peanuts character on PF1? Was Charles Schultz a geek? Who was that little red haired girl? Susan? Signed Deeply Puzzled Bluff |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 197882 | 2003-12-06 06:43:00 | Dear Deeply Puzzled from Bluff, Yes, Charles Schultz was one of the original Unix developers, he did his cartoons on the side. Hence the subtle reference to the Linux character. Yours, Tom Scott |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 197883 | 2003-12-06 06:58:00 | > Why is there so much attention paid to this Peanuts > character on PF1? > Was Charles Schultz a geek? > Who was that little red haired girl? Susan? > > Signed > Deeply Puzzled > Bluff Surely you are mixing Linux up with the Peanut character Linus www.snoopy.com Mind he does have a security planket................... |
mark.p (383) | ||
| 197884 | 2003-12-06 09:54:00 | > Surely you are mixing Linux up with the Peanut character Linus www.snoopy.com tml > Mind he does have a security planket................... Do you know why Linux is called Linux? |
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| 197885 | 2003-12-06 09:59:00 | I always thought it was the combination of Linus and Unix | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 197886 | 2003-12-06 10:27:00 | Yeah... Linus Torvalds... Unix.. IIRC, He was finishing College and wanted an OS that was similar to what they were using at college for his own PC (Unix), and so began working on Linux (Couldnt call is Linus coz that's too self-obsessed). And, IIRC, he released kernel 0.1 which contained 10,000 lines of code. GNU = GNU's Not Unix The FSF (Free Software Foundation) also began working on a Unix-like OS, but was aptly named GNU as it wasnt Unix. They were working on their own kernel at the time, but were going about it in a different way to Linus. Segfault or Jen will correct me if Im wrong ;-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 197887 | 2003-12-06 20:32:00 | >>but were going about it in a different way to Linus. My understanding is that Linus's kernel is more traditional in design. The FSF's kernel used a more modern technique which was more complex and therefore was taking longer to get going. |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 197888 | 2003-12-06 21:06:00 | > > > but were going about it in a different way to > Linus. > My understanding is that Linus's kernel is more > traditional in design. The FSF's kernel used a more > modern technique which was more complex and therefore > was taking longer to get going. I'm guessing you are refering to GNU HURD. Its a Mach microkernal as opposed to the Linux monolithic design. And is still being developed-www.gnu.org |
mark.p (383) | ||
| 197889 | 2003-12-07 00:46:00 | Well guys and gals - I am bemused and amused all at once. Most informative. Thankyou. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 197890 | 2003-12-07 01:14:00 | >>I'm guessing you are refering to GNU HURD Very good. I wasn't sure of its name as I haven't gone into that area. |
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