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11/27/11(Sun)14:18 No. 8156849 File1322421517.jpg -(4 KB, 225x225, Stallman..jpg ) >>8156807 I'd
juѕt 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.