2 ms·

Given that the kernel will/could expect to work without the programs, more or less, why it isn't Linux/GNU then. Linux is a kernel, the rest are just a program

by galkk 6y ago

Given that the kernel will/could expect to work without the programs, more or less, why it isn't Linux/GNU then. Linux is a kernel, the rest are just a programs.

SanderNL 6y ago
The programs do the useful work, the rest is just the kernel.
jcelerier 6y ago
if you use WSL1 you have all of GNU and zero Linux for instance
- type0 6y ago
  that's why it should have been called GSW (GNU system for Windows)
  - edgyquant 6y ago
    But the GNU stuff sits on top of WSL which implements(ed) Linux system calls.