How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb?

Re:How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb? by david_draco on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:22AM (#25371604)

Only almost everything of the programs (ls, grep, bash, gcc, etc). Linux is just the kernel. Stallman lead development of most of the shell environment you use today.

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Re:How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb? by galkk on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:39AM (#25371739)

Given that the kernel will/could expect to work without the programs, more or less, why it isn't Linux/GNU then.

Linux is a kernel, the rest are just a programs.

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Re:How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb? by SanderNL on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:46AM (#25371807)

The programs do the useful work, the rest is just the kernel.

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Re:How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb? by jcelerier on Thursday December 10, 2020 @06:13AM (#25372434)

if you use WSL1 you have all of GNU and zero Linux for instance

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Re:How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb? by type0 on Thursday December 10, 2020 @10:40AM (#25374827)

that's why it should have been called GSW (GNU system for Windows)

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Re:How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb? by edgyquant on Thursday December 10, 2020 @12:36PM (#25376143)

But the GNU stuff sits on top of WSL which implements(ed) Linux system calls.

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Re:How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb? by raverbashing on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:10AM (#25371972)

GNU Hurd will be ready any day now

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Re:How many GNU/Linux users are needed to change a light bulb? by jhasse on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:11AM (#25371983)

I'm using exa, rg, fish and clang though ;)

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