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It seems reasonable to use the term "GNU/Linux" to refer to a system based on Linux and the GNU C library and utilities. You could also just call it "Linux", bu
by bloak 8y ago
It seems reasonable to use the term "GNU/Linux" to refer to a system based on Linux and the GNU C library and utilities. You could also just call it "Linux", but with the term "GNU/Linux" you distinguish it from Android and BusyBox-based systems (with some other, smaller C library, such as musl), which are also "Linux".
Certainly, you'd expect most of the CPU time to be spent in application software, but we're talking about how to name the platform, aren't we?
- amyjess 8y agoThe platform nowadays is heavily dependent on systemd and either GTK+ or Qt, none of which are GNU.
- LukeShu 8y agoGTK+ is a GNU project.
- amyjess 8y agoIt started out as one, but it hasn't been run by GNU in years and years, probably well over a decade now. It's currently operated by the GNOME Foundation.
- LukeShu 8y agogtk.org, the active and current homepage of GTK+, says right there on the homepage: > GTK+ is free software and part of the GNU Project. GTK+ development does take place on gitlab.gnome.org, but it is still part of GNU (unlike the rest of GNOME, which did start out as part of GNU, but hasn't been run by GNU for years and years).