[CentOS] Why shouldn't I expect more of CentOS/Linux?

Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org
Mon Aug 22 12:37:14 UTC 2005


Dave Gutteridge <dave at tokyocomedy.com> wrote:
> But assuming two different distros have the 2.6 kernel,
> then why shouldn't they both be capable of running the same
> software?

Leonard Isham <leonard.isham at gmail.com> wrote:
> The kernel is only the base that the distro is built on.

In fact, the C Libraries (GNU C Libraries, GLibC) and GNU
C/Compiler [Collection] (GCC) is far more to do with binary
compatibility than different Linux 2.x kernels.



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