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GNU added nothing. The GNU/Linux combination has nothing to do with GNU.

• sp332 15y ago
  You are suffering from a severe case of ignorance. GNU is an entire OS, including a lot of user space stuff. You can run Linux without using GNU at all, see Busybox for example. You can also run GNU with other kernels, like HURD. Most distros take the Linux kernel, run the GNU OS on it, and then add other programs on top. Debian actually has (had?) a version that ran GNU/Hurd without the Linux kernel at all.
  • nakkiel 15y ago
    Don't be rude and I won't. Also reading my sentence in its context will help. The parent thread read "Linux was a kernel that the GNU project added well after both projects were underway". I was highlighting the fact that GNU is not responsible for the GNU/Linux combination in the sense that most distributions are not endorsded by the GNU project. Debian still has a GNU/Hurd version which got a little more official just a couple of months ago. They also have a GNU/kFreeBSD version.
    • sp332 15y ago
      I'm pretty sure the FSF actually funded a partial rewrite of glibc to integrate with Linux extensions better, but I can only find it mentioned in passing on https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html