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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. Version Naming... by gnovos · · Score: 2, Troll

    I wish caldera would get thier naming right, how am I supposed to know which one is Linux XP and which one is Linux ME? :)

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    "Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"
  2. Re:It's not only the scalability that is a problem by Courier · · Score: 0, Troll

    Someone mod this down and prehaps find this guy's address and give him a spanking of his life time he's always writing this very same message. Word for word. Just copy and paste.