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lionaneesh

Quote:

Originally Posted by poornaMoksha
Well, I think Linux is a just a kernel developed by Linus while the distributions like fedora, red-hat etc are OS.

Actually ... I disapprove on this...
Shabbir is right....
Its a OS not a kernel...
Linux is a OS that uses the Linux kernel...
Wikipedia also Provides the same :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

And i must say...

Good article...Great start!!!!!

lionaneesh Invasive contributor
29Jan2011,23:32
	Quote: Originally Posted by poornaMoksha Well, I think Linux is a just a kernel developed by Linus while the distributions like fedora, red-hat etc are OS. Actually ... I disapprove on this... Shabbir is right.... Its a OS not a kernel... Linux is a OS that uses the Linux kernel... Wikipedia also Provides the same :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux And i must say... Good article...Great start!!!!! Last edited by lionaneesh; 29Jan2011 at 23:57..