Linux is a Kernel...like you said, are you talking about

gnu/linux

musl/gnu/linux

musl/busybox/linux

libc++/uClibc/glibc/musl/busybox/matchbox/gnu/rpm/deb/tar.gz

any other distro/composition of software that runs on linux? You see the problem? Linux is a kernel, FreeBSD/Open/Net/Dragonfly are real OS's...with pkg's.

The grandparent of my post was:

>> FreeBSD's point of distinction is that it's carefully designed and fitted together, compared to Linux's comparatively heavy use of glue.

To which was offered:

> Well Linux is just a kernel, so it's a bit unfair to call it glued together...but the rest (a ditro)...lot of glue and clay...sometimes also pure mud.

So I pointed out that it is fair to call it glued together, because there's no other way to use Linux except with glue. This is applicable to any of GNU/Linux, Busybox/Linux, etc.

But one could get rid of the clay and mud...that was my point.

This is an article and thread about FreeBSD. Linux was invoked and compared to FreeBSD in a completely nonsensical way.