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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!warwick!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!news.ox.ac.uk!kebl0071 From: kebl0071@sable.ox.ac.uk (Steven Clarke) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Linux or BSD? Date: 12 Apr 1996 09:15:19 GMT Organization: Keble College, Oxford University Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4kl6v7$hgb@news.ox.ac.uk> References: <4jprsf$lo9@classic.eng.octel.com> <4kcofg$55p@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <4kkhjp$dfr@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sable.ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2936 comp.os.linux.development.system:21214 comp.os.linux.setup:50265 Kevin P. Neal (kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu) wrote: : Tom (lwilliam@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov) wrote: : : Linux is : : POSIX compliant and does one or two things different than BSD. All Linux : Can somebody please verify this? Certain distributions have been certified POSIX compliant. The Linux-FT distribution has been certified to POSIX.1 FIPS151-2 and the distributors Lasermoon are working to incorporate the changes in the mainstream kernels. There are more details about the process and changes necessary on their WWW pages: http://www.lasermoon.co.uk/ Steve Clarke