[aclug-L] Re: What technically is called linux?

[Nate Bargmann <n0nb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 10:57:57PM -0500, Michael Holmes wrote:
> I see that palmtops are called linux.  I see that a car is linux based, even
> though it is microprocessor based, and a multilprocessored.  (not pc based)
> There is a refrigerator which claims to be linux based?  

In the strictest sense it is the source code that makes up the kernel
and nothing more.  So, anything the kernel source can be ported to,
compiled for, and run on, runs Linux.  Now whether those devices
support such things as filesystems, shells, and apps as we know them 
is another matter.

Of course, this is an answer from one who's only played with Linux 
on Intel PC hardware. :)

> I may be slow, but I am not about to take my frige online!

You don't want the Bud truck to stop by when you get below a 12-pack,
or the keg drops below 25%?

- Nate >>

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