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It is correct to refer to GNU/Linux as GNU/Linux

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It is correct to refer to GNU/Linux as GNU/Linux

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Linux@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

it is correct to refer to GNU/Linux as GNU/Linux

You’ve probably seen the “I’d like to interject for a moment” quotation that is frequently attributed to Richard Stallman about how Linux should be referred to as GNU/Linux.…

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If the vast majority of people believed the earth is called gazorp that would absolutely suddenly make it so.

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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word “Linux” in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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