Keep Linux Open and Free–We Can’t Afford Not To

Re:Keep Linux Open and Free–We Can’t Afford Not To by JohnFen on Monday July 10, 2023 @04:52PM (#36672798)

> Linux kernel is not entirety of Linux.

Technically, yes, it is. "Linux" refers to the kernel, not to all of the other stuff you need on top of the kernel for a fully-formed OS. Although "Linux" is not used in that sense in the world at large anymore.

But this distinction is why you see some people mentioning that you should say "Gnu/Linux" and the like when referring to the OS as whole.

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Re:Keep Linux Open and Free–We Can’t Afford Not To by whacko_quacko on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @05:49AM (#36678588)

You are "not even wrong", but that's all

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Re:Keep Linux Open and Free–We Can’t Afford Not To by chasil on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @09:41AM (#36680831)

There are more users of Bionic Linux libc than there are of GNU glibc.

No, Linux is not always GNU.

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Re:Keep Linux Open and Free–We Can’t Afford Not To by whacko_quacko on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @10:40AM (#36681644)

And that is a non sequitur

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Re:Keep Linux Open and Free–We Can’t Afford Not To by jameson71 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @11:10AM (#36682114)

Linux is the kernel. Let’s not ignore Mr. Stallman’s contributions to open source software.

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