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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. GNU.... by lga · · Score: 5, Funny

    GNU's Now Unix?

    -- Steve

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

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

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  4. 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.

  5. 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*