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From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Nailed down to 386bsd or linux, now which one?
Keywords: mosaic term telnet
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
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References: <36qeaf$jt4@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <542yTc1w165w@oasys.pc.my> <37hcr1$8b6@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <37ii2n$2i2@bigboote.wpi.edu>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 14:28:10 GMT
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In article <37ii2n$2i2@bigboote.wpi.edu>,
Joseph W. Vigneau <joev@res.WPI.EDU> wrote:
>Linux, which is SYSV based

LINUS IS NOT SYSTEM V BASED. It was developed from scratch using Minix to
bootstrap the process somewhat, but it's not really Minix-based either.

Linux just has a system-V-ish feel, which isn't a bad thing.