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Re:Moot: Full House on Thursday September 19, 2013 @10:07AM (#6411684)
I heard that trips and dubs are cancelled.

Is this true m00t?

Re:Moot: Full House on Thursday September 19, 2013 @06:46AM (#6410859)
where are my subs Daiz?
Re:How 'One Weird Trick' Conquered The Internet on Thursday August 01, 2013 @04:50AM (#6139270)
What actually happens when you hand over your credit card details? Do you get an eBook or something? The article doesn't actually say.
Re:Tox: secure messaging for everyone on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @05:24AM (#6126001)
>Github maintained by someone with a troll username? Not to mention half of the commits were be nemdiggers (demNiggers) who seemed to have changed his name to Proplex (probably due to the reddit outcry)
Re:Tox: secure messaging for everyone on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @05:00AM (#6125944)
Where are my subs for RnL S2, Diaz?
Re:Man charged in Durham hit-and-run that killed Seth Vidal on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @05:20AM (#6018309)
Is cycling that dangerous in the US compared to Europe?
Re:RMS lifestyle on Saturday June 01, 2013 @07:13AM (#5803541)
I'd just 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.