____/ Linonut on Tuesday 18 March 2008 14:38 : \____
> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> The GNU/Fiwix Operating System
>>
>> http://www.osnews.com/story/4839/The_GNU_Fiwix_Operating_System
>
> The Linux kernel is currently too big for a student of computer
> science to be able to understand its internal structure and to study
> how it works, and tomorrow it will be even bigger than it is today.
> In contrast, the Fiwix kernel, due to its minimal structure, can be
> the entry-level kernel and can therefore be more suitable for
> education. For obvious reasons, this project is only focused on
> students of computer science and new OS enthusiasts who want to know
> more about the internal operation of a UNIX-like operating system.
>
> That's a nice idea.
>
> Save the Linux kernel for the graduate students! <grin>
What MINIX was to UNIX. Minix became Linux.
<sarcasm>Maybe Fiwix can become the Linux is Not Linux (LNL) kernel, with
GPLv3</sarcasm>
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