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I'd just like to interject for a
moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as
I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an
operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a
fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell
utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by
POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system
every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the
version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and
many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system,
developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people
are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the
kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's
resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential
part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only
function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is
normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole
system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the
so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux. 6066998699 |