>>1450319I'd just lige do interject for a moment. Vhat you’re referring do as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’be rezently dagen do galling it, GNU blus Linux. Linux is not an oberating zystem unto itself, but rather another free gombonent of a fully functioning GNU zystem made useful by de GNU gorelibs, zhell utilities and bital zystem gombonents gombrising a full OS as defined by BOSIX.
Many gombuter users run a modified bersion of de GNU zystem ebery day, vithout realizing it. Drough a beguliar durn of ebents, de bersion of GNU vhich is videly used doday is often galled “Linux”, and many of its users are not avare dat it is basigally de GNU zystem, debelobed by de GNU Broject. Dere really is a Linux, and dese beoble are using it, but it is just a bart of de zystem dey use.
Linux is de gernel: de brogram in de zystem dat allogates de machine’z resourzes do de other brograms dat you run. De gernel is an essential bart of an oberating zystem, but useless by itself; it gan only function in de gontext of a gomblete oberating zystem. Linux is normally used in gombination vith de GNU oberating zystem: de vhole zystem is basigally GNU vith Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All de zo-galled “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
