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I dislike Windows 10 for all of these reasons, but why does that mean it doesn't deserve the name of "operating system"?

• jackewiehose 7y ago
  It could be confused with real operating systems like windows 7 or linux.
  • rgoulter 7y ago
    No, Linux is the kernel. What you're referring to is etc.
    • jackewiehose 7y ago
      I was referring to GNU/Linux but I'm sure it was understood anyway.
  • CNJ7654 7y ago
    I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. 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. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
  • type0 7y ago
    With all the crap updates that MS is putting into Windows7 it's not much better. If you want real operating system, try OpenBSD.