GNU/Linux? Was: Re: OT: Corel Linux (hijacked from Re: Chrome on Ubuntu)

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:42:10 +0100
Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> The full name for your system is 'GNU/Linux' - The Linux 
> part of that specifically refers to the kernel (and only the kernel).
> 
> Chris

This GNU/Linux thing has always bothered me.  If Linux is the kernel,
the indispensable OS, and the rest (GNU) is 'only' the, well, the rest
or userland, shouldn't we be talking about Linux/GNU instead?

...or Solaris/GNU as the case may be...

Cybe R. Wizard
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