We work around it but is the BIOS not the culprit in such cases? I am not saying that GNU won't load on these machines.
GNU will not load on *any* machine - you need a kernel for that
As a matter of fact, GNU *does* load, and I happen to use a couple of such machines.
Cheerio, Debarshi
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Debarshi Ray debarshi.ray@gmail.com wrote:
You didn't get it,Kenneth is differentiating between GNU which is the Application layer and Linux which is the kernel,but now let's not get into flamewar territory.
I got only one entry: easwarh@l1nuxr0cks:~$ dmesg|grep MSFT [ 0.000000] ACPI: DSDT (v001 ATI AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000e) @ 0x00000000 easwarh@l1nuxr0cks:~$
What does that mean?
Regards, Easwar
Easwar Hariharan wrote:
That means your Differentiated System Description Table has been compiled with Microsoft implementation. So says http://enkryptix.com/ankit/?p=50
Good article there.
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:10:56 +0530 Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
|Sorry but you didn't get it. GNU is a concept, an ideology, not just an |operating system.
Seriously? GNU is an operating system [0]
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Kartik Mistry kartik.mistry@gmail.com wrote:
From that site, the first paragraph "The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to
develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is free softwarehttp://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html: the GNU system."
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Rony Bill gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
In this context,GNU was being referred as an OS,not as a concept or ideology.You can't load a concept or ideology on a computer,can you? ;)
Regards, Easwar
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Easwar Hariharan meindian523@gmail.com wrote:
I was referring to my usage of the term GNU.
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:16:51 +0530 "Rony Bill" gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
|> In this context,GNU was being referred as an OS,not as a concept or |> ideology.You can't load a concept or ideology on a computer,can you? ;) |> |I was referring to my usage of the term GNU.
Dear Rony,
You have made my day!
On 26-Mar-08, at 8:10 PM, Rony wrote:
so you are trying to load a concept and an ideology? It wont work. You need an operating system and a kernel: either GNU + Linux (which the faithful refer to as GNU/Linux or GNU + Hurd (which the faithful refer to as GNU or *BSD These terms have been long ago defined and accepted. Please stick to them. (unless you are deliberately trying to create trouble - in which case go ahead)
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
GNU=LibreSoftware. Whether it is an OS or an application. You are free to draw your own conclusions.
GNUCash, GIMP, GPG, GNU/Linux etc.
On 25-Mar-08, at 1:43 PM, Debarshi Ray wrote:
with which kernel?
GNU will not load on *any* machine - you need a kernel for that
As a matter of fact, GNU *does* load, and I happen to use a couple of such machines
with which kernel?
With the GNU kernel -- Hurd.
Cheers, Debarshi
On 26-Mar-08, at 10:22 AM, Debarshi Ray wrote:
in that case it is correct to say GNU loads.
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