Anonymous ID: b64bbb Aug. 27, 2020, 2:02 p.m. No.10442013   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>2038 >>2165

"I eat 2 ton elephant seals for breakfast but if you decide to take a swim with your dog you will be loved and protected forever"

"Please understand that locking us in a 2 square foot bathtub may lead to depression, insanity and attacks on trainers for reasons currently not understood by mankind"

Anonymous ID: b64bbb Aug. 27, 2020, 2:34 p.m. No.10442436   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>10442393

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.