Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1377 mails)

[simon.adams@xxxxxxxxxx (Adams, Simon)]

I'm pretty new to linux and am still confused to a certain extent on the
issues behind GPL etc. But my understanding of Linux is that Linux is the
kernel only and the rest distributions who are free to put anything on top. 

There fore how can you have a standard distribution. Or are we only talking
about core sets of utilities.

Simon

> On 19-Aug-98 Ted Harding wrote:
> > Sure. There is every argument for it. "Purists" claim that Debian is the
> I agree we have a need for a standard, what I don't like is the idea that
> only
> people who pay for the privalage get to decide what that standard is...
> 
> > I believe the Linux Standard Base System Project is the protegee of one
> > distribution, not a Linux-wide project. In fact, the only 100 per cent
> It was actually the brain child of Bruce Perens, Erik Wathenstein and
> joined by
> many other "big names" in the Linux worlds (such as Allan Cox, SuSE and
> Caldera).  The only notable absentees were Red Hat and Debian.
> 
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