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They call it GNU/Linux - thanks Sun!

They call it GNU/Linux - thanks Sun!

Posted Apr 4, 2008 18:57 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
In reply to: They call it GNU/Linux - thanks Sun! by oblio
Parent article: Sun Microsystems' Next Linux Move (Seeking Alpha)

Currently, there isn't a BSD C library that works with the Linux kernel. There is uClibc, designed for embedded use (LGPL), as well as Cygnus newlib, also for embedded use (non-copylefted, BSD-like terms).

But generally if you're on a desktop, laptop, or server, you rely on GNU libc.


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They call it GNU/Linux - thanks Sun!

Posted Apr 4, 2008 20:08 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Except, perhaps, when booting (some people use klibc in their 
initramfs/initrd; some use uClibc; nobody without disk space to throw away 
uses glibc).

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