[Info-vax] What is a "real" Unix ?

[Dan Cross]

In article <3df23005-6fe0-47ef-844f-c2fba2a52ba5n at googlegroups.com>,
Steven Schweda  <sms.antinode at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well, strictly speaking Linux is just a kernel and not the whole operating
>> system. Everything that makes it work, from the shell to the software tools
>> packages, are not really Linux. Most of them are GNU products. But people
>> think of the whole distribution together as "Linux" even though strictly
>> speaking it isn't.
>
>   As much as I dislike these never-ending, off-topic threads, ...
>
>   It's certainly true that what many/most people call "Linux" would
>more accurately be called "GNU/Linux".
>
>   And "GNU" is an acronym for what, exactly?

No, it would not.  That is marketing propaganda from Stallman,
and really has nothing to do with Linux.  For example, there are
distributions such as Alpine Linux that use a BSD userspace, and
have nothing to do with GNU.

	- Dan C.