- Linux it's just a kernel. - Vanilla Linux it's propietary. - GNU/Linux-Libre it's the proper libre one, rebased from GNU maintainers. - There's no proper '

- Linux it's just a kernel. - Vanilla Linux it's propietary. - GNU/Linux-Libre it's the proper libre one, rebased from GNU maintainers. - There's no proper 'Vanilla distro' as LFS or Gentoo. Every one since 1993 has been an external bundle made from volunteers. - The closest vanilla distro from the GNU project would be Guix as it works as a distro and a universal package manager to ship libre software.