RE: some questions

[Prashant Ramachandra <rprash@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, January 10, 2001 6:28 PM, sindhoor pangal
[SMTP:sindhoor@xxxxxxxxx] wrote:
| 1. what is the difference between the linux system and
| linux distribution. a book says the linux system is a
| std environment for applications but does not provide
| means of managing the full functionality. what does
| that mean ?

I'm not sure of this one, but I think it goes this way....

A linux system is something you have - the kernel + various software. A
linux distribution is what RedHat,Caldera, etc. offer you (a collection of
RPMs). Again, I'm just thinking it's that way! ;-)

| 2. what is posix compliance ?

POSIX is a standard. http://www.posix.org/ for more info. Basically,
anything that is POSIX compliant can be ported across platforms easily
without having to worry too much. For example, DJGPP, a compiler for DOS is
POSIX compliant. Any POSIX compliant program written on UNIX can be ported
to DJGPP. Get the point...

| 3.'linux is not public domain software'. what is
| public domain ?

Public domain software is that software wherein you give your source code
away. Anyone is free to use it in *any* way they like. Linux is *not* public
domain since it falls under the GNU GPL which *does not* allow people to use
the software in anyway they like. See the GNU GPL for more info.

| thats it for now :)

;-)

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Prashant TR <tr@xxxxxxxxxx>
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