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    Struggling to Understand Kernel and OS Separation

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      JaredBusch @cnewman
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      @cnewman said in What is a Linux Distro:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(operating_system)

      Because Wiki is the certified source, here you go. This one directly supports @scottalanmiller's position.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution

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        JaredBusch @cnewman
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        @cnewman said in What is a Linux Distro:

        @JaredBusch
        Then email the 3 references I posted and tell them it's not an OS and have them correct thier postings.

        Are you so intent on trolling that you missed the fact that I cited one of your links.

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          cnewman @JaredBusch
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          @JaredBusch

          I'm intent on you a SAM correcting the 3 Authors I quoted and let's see how that goes.

          Usually SAM won't chime in at this point, I've asked you 2 to Directly Correct their Statements on the Kernel vs OS.

          Please do so as I've asked

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            thwr @cnewman
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            @cnewman said in What is a Linux Distro:

            @JaredBusch

            I'm intent on you a SAM correcting the 3 Authors I quoted and let's see how that goes.

            Usually SAM won't chime in at this point, I've asked you 2 to Directly Correct their Statements on the Kernel vs OS.

            Please do so as I've asked

            Why should they?

            Calling Linux an OS for yourself is fine as long as you keep in mind that Linux is just the kernel, not the userland. We could stress this even further if we add GNU to the equation.

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              Romo
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              We have a troll in the house!

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                scottalanmiller @cnewman
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                @cnewman said in What is a Linux Distro:

                SAM you yourself said it's an "Out of the box working FTP server" yes?

                So does a Kernel do that or an OS? I'm confused?

                OS obviously. It's part of the OpenSSH package.

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                  scottalanmiller @cnewman
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                  @cnewman said in What is a Linux Distro:

                  I'd expect you'd correct the 3 references ASAP that I mentioned or I'll refer this thread to their attention that you are calling them ignorant.

                  Why don't you correct them now that you understand why they are incorrect? Obviously they are dumbing things down for non-technical people. If you feel that they need to be correct, go correct them. If you think that they have any validity, have them correct all technical information in the world. If they are redefining what an OS is, they need to validate that.

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                    scottalanmiller @cnewman
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                    @cnewman said in What is a Linux Distro:

                    @JaredBusch
                    Then email the 3 references I posted and tell them it's not an OS and have them correct thier postings.

                    If you haven't already, then you can't ask us to. DId you do so before posting here? If not, do so. Let us know their responses. Thanks.

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                      scottalanmiller @cnewman
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                      @cnewman said in What is a Linux Distro:

                      @JaredBusch

                      I'm intent on you a SAM correcting the 3 Authors I quoted and let's see how that goes.

                      Usually SAM won't chime in at this point, I've asked you 2 to Directly Correct their Statements on the Kernel vs OS.

                      Please do so as I've asked

                      Do as I've asked as well. If not, I don't consider you to have made any request yet. And your one source is already correct, as Jared showed. So it is you that seem to be confused here. We've already corrected you, so our job is done. It's your job to question your sources further to find out why they are confused AND to find out why you yourself are using them.

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                        scottalanmiller @Romo
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                        @Romo said in What is a Linux Distro:

                        We have a troll in the house!

                        Or just a very, very confused newbie that is finding this all too complex and can't identify real sources, dumbed down vs. technical material, etc.

                        This is the kind of response you get from someone who didn't really grasp the concept of sources, can't figure out whose job it is to notify someone of being incorrect, doesn't understand the technical parts of the conversation. This will be, almost certainly, someone who claims to have worked in IT for decades but doesn't have the knowledge you get from just taking a casual interest in it. Repairs a few computers in a little "office" for a couple of people and thinks that they work in IT. And confuses being "old" with having experience.

                        I've seen this exact behaviour on SW. That Curtis guy who claimed that the Internet was invented in 1998 and that he saw it done and remembered it because "he was in IT for so long" and ignored the fact that it was from the 1960s. He always makes these crazy claims and is so non-technical that he can't even figure out what a plausible lie would sound like. Like the responses here... he says that if his mistake isn't corrected in a certain way, that he must be right. Um, the illogic is strong in this one.

                        Go to Spiceworks and look up Curtis3363, best example of this type of troll I've ever seen. That guy is SO clueless, he has no idea that he's mocked in so many places. There was even a website a while ago dedicated to quoting him, it was hilarious. It's funny because even people with no knowledge of IT can see how idiotic his stuff was. It's a bit sad, but he's so mean that everyone gets over how sad it is and just finds it funny.

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                          Romo @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller I really do not think he is a newbie.

                          -First posts demanding you contact his 3 sources and make them change the definition
                          -Calling you SAM instead of tagging @scottalanmiller

                          My guess would be spiceworks fellow who doesnt quite like you.

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                            scottalanmiller
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                            Long ago when Curtis3363 was new to SW, they knew that he wasn't an IT pro and didn't qualify to be in the community they asked me if I wanted his account blocked because he was a troll. But I said that he mostly just attacked me because I wouldn't pretend that he had a clue and act like it was okay to be that clueless. And he is constant entertainment. He like goes off his meds or something and just gets mean... but he's so dumb that he can't tell that he makes everyone laugh at him... it's unbelievable that he can't tell what's going on. But he's entertainment, so they've kept him around. He definitely is the laughingstock of the community (and several others.) And it is all of his own doing. What's amazing is that he can't tell that it is happening. But the same things that make him think that no one would be able to figure out when the Internet was created, I guess makes him not realize that everyone is laughing at him.

                            He's a great example of how trolls really only troll themselves. Really, they are kind of like the ultimate fanboys.

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                              momurda @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller
                              No way that guy is still around?

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                                DustinB3403 @momurda
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                                @momurda said in What is a Linux Distro:

                                @scottalanmiller
                                No way that guy is still around?

                                Daily, follow him to get your daily laughing pill.

                                Dude is insane!

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                                  scottalanmiller @momurda
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                                  @momurda said in What is a Linux Distro:

                                  @scottalanmiller
                                  No way that guy is still around?

                                  Oh yeah, everyone has him muted, but he's still posting constantly. I get the email updated and see his name every day. I avoid even reading threads that he is on because I'm only there for the technical stuff. But he's been kept around as the village idiot for years. He's still funny from time to time, but it's gone on so long that it's a bit depressing to think about him getting older and older and never learning what most people learn as kids getting into computers for the first time. Somehow, he never learns. It's gone on long enough that people are beginning to assume some sad situation is going on, which if he wasn't mean would be tragic, but since he's mean, no one feels too badly about what the reality of the situation likely is.

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                                    scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                                    @DustinB3403 said in What is a Linux Distro:

                                    Dude is insane!

                                    Wasn't he the one that they tried to trick into using RAID 5 across floppy disks? Sometimes they propose things to him to see what he'll fall for. But Slade is like that too, so it is hard to remember which one is which in some cases. But Slade is a real internal, Curtis wasn't even that.

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                                      DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller That's before my time (I think) Or I just missed it, either way it could've been him... lol

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                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        OMG, we've been remiss in keeping this thread dedicated to the hilarity of Curtis updated:

                                        https://mangolassi.it/topic/1443/better-than-aliens

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                                          scottalanmiller
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                                          Does anyone have the links to his rants about being awesome in IT because he could "program printers"? That needs to get screencapped and added into that thread for sure. That stuff was classic. I'd hate to lose some of his claims, they were the best, ever. I think it was @PSX_Defector ripping him apart on those. But it was so long ago, I don't really remember.

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                                            cnewman
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                                            Now email them and ell them that Linux is a Kernel, if not I'll bring this thread to their attention to correct you. I mean windows has a Kernel too right?
                                            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_kernel

                                            Linux is a Kernel like Windows with a UI or GUI

                                            Unix is much different except Apple OSX is written over top of a Unix Kernel. C'mon man WTF is wrong with you

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