<br><font size=2><tt>cialug-bounces@cialug.org wrote on 04/18/2006 05:44:45
PM:<br>
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> Someone correct me if I'm wrong here but: Not only is Solaris
not Linux, it <br>
> doesn't have gnu binutils either. </tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Solaris is UNIX System V with BSD extensions/stuff
thrown in.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>>So it lacks all that marks Linux as Linux <br>
> and not BSD.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>If it had all of the Linux stuff in it, then it would
be called "Linux" not Solaris.</tt></font>
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> <br>
> I'm sure you could install gnu utils though.<br>
> </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>You can easily install lots of prepackaged GNU stuff.
Just get your packages from http://www.sunfreeware.com or get the
source and compile it.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>johnl</tt></font>