Comment by LoganDark
5 days ago
They're talking about Linux, the kernel. The kernel has no concept of a base system. There is initramfs and init.
5 days ago
They're talking about Linux, the kernel. The kernel has no concept of a base system. There is initramfs and init.
Okay, that's true but other than the slight semantic point of "Linux" vs a "Linux distro" or "GNU/Linux" I don't think it matters. Whatever words you use to describe it, there is a base OS which is composed of a variety of components from different sources but which ultimately amounts to a single thing.
> there is a base OS
In most distributions yes, there is Linux and then there is userspace on top of it. What you call "base system" is actually part of userspace, which has nothing to do with Linux itself.
No, what I call the "base system" is the result of running debootstrap, and encompasses all the packages that make a complete operating system. The kernel is just one part of the OS.