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If you use Linux with systemd or without is a significant difference, which is probably as big as switching between BSDs. The name of my operating system is "U

• laumars 10y ago
  > If you use Linux with systemd or without is a significant difference, which is probably as big as switching between BSDs. I did address the init daemon point. With Linux distros you're still using a common kernel upstream (ie Linux) which all Linux distro's share. That's not the case with the BSDs. You're also sharing the same GNU coreutils which 99% of Linux's share, BSD's often have their own. The kernel is really the key point here though. > The name of my operating system is "Ubuntu", not "Linux". Technically it's neither. "Ubuntu" is the distribution name. "Linux" is the kernel name. I don't much agree with Richard Stallman that "Linux the OS" should be named "GNU/Linux" but from a technical standpoint it is a more accurate OS name than either of the two suggestions you raised.
• Gracana 10y ago
  > probably as big as switching between BSDs No, it's not. You can go from one GNU/Linux distro to another GNU/Linux distro and you're still gonna find a GNU userland and a Linux kernel. Base userland and kernel differ significantly between BSDs.
  • cat199 10y ago
    plus - native binaries can be copied between one and the other and run natively without any emulation layer provided the c library, kernel version, and other libraries are reasonably similar.