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I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact systemd/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, systemd plus Linu
by adastra22 3mo ago
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact systemd/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, systemd plus Linux.
Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather one more free component of a fully functioning systemd system, made useful by the systemd unit files, target definitions and vital service managers comprising a full OS as defined by Lennart Poettering.
Many computer users run a modified version of the systemd system every day without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of systemd which is widely used today is often called "Linux," and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the systemd system, developed by the systemd 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. Chiefly systemd-udevd, systemd-journald, systemd-resolved, systemd-networkd, systemd-timesyncd, systemd-logind, systemd-homed, systemd-boot, and systemd-oomd, which decides which of your remaining programs deserve to live The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete set of systemd unit files.
- bruce511 3mo agoWhats in a name? Personally I use Google/Windows at work, and Steam/Windows at home. I also have a Meta/Android OS for my phone and a Garmin/Auto OS for my car. My websites are hosted on AWS/Linux, and I browse on Comcast/Internet. My entertainment comes from Warner/Netflix. Or Disney/Disney) I call it Linux, when I call it at all.
- inigyou 3mo agoYep. Stallman was just a bit salty that GNU turned out to be barely relevant. Most of the code in a so-called "GNU/Linux" system is not GNU. There really was a GNU project, but it was just an attempt to harmonize system tools across all open and proprietary Unices.
- masfoobar 3mo ago> GNU turned out to be barely relevant GCC, GDB, CoreUtils, etc - A COLLECTION of useful programs alongside a kernel such as Linux. Barely relevant? We owe our thanks to the GNU project. If Linus did not create Linux, something else would have taken it's place. "Maybe" HURD... or maybe something else.
- inigyou 3mo agoI'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as systemd, is in fact a component of Gnome, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNOME. systemd is not a project unto itself, but rather one more component of a fully functioning GNOME system, made useful by the systemd unit files, target definitions and vital service managers comprising a full OS as defined by Lennart Poettering and the Red Hat vendor lock-in team.