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Linux or GNU/Linux?

June 29, 2008 · 2 Comments

All these days i took it for granted that Linux is an Operating System. My friend pointed out today that Linux is the kernel used in GNU/Linux Operating System. GNU’s kernel wasn’t finished, so GNU is used with the kernel Linux. The combination of GNU and Linux is the GNU/Linux operating system.

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