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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did you intend to say GNU/Linux?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I like to call it GNU^Linux

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Because 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.