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Caldera's Almost-Linux Skips The Linux Kernel

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-how-much-would-you-pay dept.

Cassivs points to this UnixReview article, which says "Caldera has released Open UNIX 8, which includes a complete GNU/Linux distribution, except that it runs on the SVR5 kernel, acquired from SCO. It uses the same packages as Caldera's OpenLinux 3.1. It should scale much better, and provides a commercial UNIX kernel with the ability to natively develop GNU/Linux applications." It sounds like a non-Linux kernel has advantages on certain hardware, even running exactly the same software otherwise -- I wonder how long that will be true. Caldera has talked about this product, with it's Linux Kernel Personality, for a long time, and this is an informative review for anyone following it.

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  1. GNU UNIX by GigsVT · · Score: 4, Funny
    What is the RMS compatible way to name this?

    GNU/UNIX?

    I guess GNU really IS UNIX after all!

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  2. Wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    [sarcasm]I can't wait to "upgrade" all my open source servers to this brand new Linux-compatable closed source operating system! Closed source has clearly demonstrated superiority over that so called "open source" system.[/sarcasm]


    Anyone else get the feeling that Caldera is purposely attempting to undermine the Linux market by fracturing it in the same way the old school Unix corporations did?

  3. GNU.... by lga · · Score: 5, Funny

    GNU's Now Unix?

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  4. Re:MOD UP! by ubertroll · · Score: 0, Funny

    If it's mission critical, why don't you use a real operating system?

  5. This sounds! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This sounds to be a serious contender, if it is GPL or LGPL. I couldn't tell from the article.

  6. w00t! by AlXtreme · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey kewl, i can take my CPU d...

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  7. Re:Will openunix support most x86 hardware? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, any "IT Lead" whose been around a while knows that the most problematic boxes in the server room are some whiteboxes that some know-enough-to-be-dangerous tomshardware-reading fuckwit SOB screwed together a couple years ago. Meanwhile the 5 year old Compaqs are just humming along.

  8. Re:The kernelset 2.4 is not that presentable... by Nailer · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, its true! Linux doesn't work!

    I also run a system with NTFS (Windows 2000), and after compiling the Linux kernel under Visual C++ (which was an effort in itself) and copying it over C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\NTOSKRNL.EXE, my machine won't even boot anymore.

    Goddamned Linux... *grumble grumble*