Linux is the kernel, and is different from GNU, as Linus thimself puts it: "I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional li

Linux is the kernel, and is different from GNU, as Linus thimself puts it: "I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. " ( https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds#1991-94 https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds#1991-94 )