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From: kebl0071@sable.ox.ac.uk (Steven Clarke)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux or BSD?
Date: 12 Apr 1996 09:15:19 GMT
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Kevin P. Neal (kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu) wrote:
: Tom (lwilliam@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov) wrote:
: : Linux is
: : POSIX compliant and does one or two things different than BSD.  All Linux

: Can somebody please verify this?

Certain distributions have been certified POSIX compliant. The Linux-FT
distribution has been certified to POSIX.1 FIPS151-2 and the
distributors Lasermoon are working to incorporate the changes in the
mainstream kernels. There are more details about the process and
changes necessary on their WWW pages: http://www.lasermoon.co.uk/

Steve Clarke