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If Debian is a distribution and Linux is just the kernel, what do you say if you run Debian and people ask what OS you use?
by rifung 12y ago
If Debian is a distribution and Linux is just the kernel, what do you say if you run Debian and people ask what OS you use?
- patzerhacker 12y agoDebian GNU/Linux
- drhack 12y agoThe pedantically correct term is "Debian GNU+Linux", I believe.
- oliwarner 11y agoDepends who "people" were. Somebody who knows nothing is going to hear "Debian", somebody with a little more tech in their blood will hear "Debian... Yeah, that's right, Linux" and I'll save the "Debian GNU/Linux" for people trying to make a point about nomenclature. My point wasn't that it's super important you call these things by the right name, it's that you were and you were getting it wrong still.