to save everyone from the clickbaity title, it’s linux. they’re talking about linux.
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That’s what the TempleOS illuminati wants us to believe.
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I thought it was about Minix running in the Intel ME
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU 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. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
We are all in Stallman’s debt for his foresight and work on Free software, and especially for the GPL. Even so, I find this particular self-promotion campaign to be overreaching, unnecessary, tedious, and shrill.
So no, I will not call it GNU/Linux, except perhaps in a tiny minority of cases where GNU is actually present and clarification is actually needed.
People who interject with or insist on it are just adding noise to the conversation.
That’s a good point, however I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU 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. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
I am calling it Linux (system) and Linux kernel too. This copypasta is a must when talking about the history.
And actually it isn’t Stallman’s quote.
actually it isn’t Stallman’s quote.
That’s interesting; thanks. (I found one claim that it comes from 4chan.) But it doesn’t really make a difference.
Stallman is not GNU, neither GPL.
Copypasta?
A detailed explanation of the difference between Linux and GNU now looks like copypasta to me. Lemmy really is different.
First rule of linux: you don’t talk about linux /s
Second rule of linux: my distro is better than you distro
Second rule, subsection B: Arch, btw.
Haha my distro is so obscure, you wouldn’t have heard of it! It wasn’t even on the dark web! I had to compile the server OS that hosts its .iso files. I had to modify its crontab with vim commands so bizarre, they are banned in 17 countries. You think your distro is good? Mine took 83 days to compile in code-golfing languages and had so many kernel dependencies, it is literally an unusable pile of shite. Trying to make it work, I have reached levels of rage most Linux aficionados could only dream of!
A Prime usage of memes, 8+! 👏
Think I’m going to go watch me some Street Countdown now.
The whole show is amazing, but this episode is one I find myself quoting the most often haha
Didn’t know anyone was trying to hide information with Linux, quite the opposite.
Ig Microsoft, Apple, and Google are.
Pretty much no one else, not even the devs who work there.
Ah, good ol’ FreeBSD
Runs our game systems, Netflix (30% of Internet traffic), and many other online services
