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I'm probably being over-pedantic here, but you know that technically the kernel is the OS, right? The userspace tools are not the operating system. So Linux dis
by TheSwordsman 12y ago
I'm probably being over-pedantic here, but you know that technically the kernel is the OS, right? The userspace tools are not the operating system. So Linux distributions are Linux operating systems, with tools from the GNU project.
Back to your sentiment, yeah it makes sense for all things GNU to be able to work with each other. That's one of the biggest benefits of this Debian project.
- jordigh 12y ago> that technically the kernel is the OS, right? According to whose techne? This really all boils down to opinions, nothing else.
- stormbrew 12y agoWell, OS is broader than the kernel. I agree with you that Linux is not "a GNU OS," but mostly because only a small portion of any given linux distribution is GNU or couldn't easily be replaced by nearly identical non-GNU components. Certainly once you get into using something like KDE, the bulk of your environment is not in any way part of the GNU project.
- lomnakkus 12y agoI think you may be forgetting glibc :). It certainly doesn't fall under the rubric of "easy to replace" -- although it's certainly possible.
- dredmorbius 12y agoI used to argue that. Android's largely convinced me otherwise. (Android isn't a Linux OS so far as I'm concerned).
- belorn 12y agoYes. The name argument really should be laid to rest now since the "linux OS" has died and been replaced by distributions. I don't run linux, I run Debian. Debian might include packages from GNU, Linux, BSD, HURD, KDE, GNOME, US, EU, and X, but do I call the OS any of those? Static operative systems with packages from only one source is a thing of the past.