• g8phcon2@teacup.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    Linux isn’t an OS. It’s just a kernel, which doesn’t do much like it self. GNU is an OS and Linux is one of its kernels.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah thanks sherlock… But it’s quite a common simplification and understood by almost anyone.

      Edit: I’m sorry – after reading my comment again– that came across quite a bit harsher than it was meant.

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        1 year ago

        I’d argue it was appropriately harsh. God am I tired of seeing “but muh GNU” every time someone calls Linux “Linux.”

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        1 year ago

        HURD is the default GNU kernel. From what I here there are also GNU systems running on BSD’d stuff, and I suspect they’re are many GNU systems running with Kernels users have created themes, whether for very specific use cases or just for fun. I recall following someone’s blog an Diaspora* about the latter a year ago until she got bored with it.