ELI5: What exactly GNU/Linux and what's the difference between
But you'll find most Linux distros ship with all the other parts of GNU that were far more successful than Hurd. There's the GNU coreutils and the GNU binutils and the GNU C compiler with the …
What is GNU? what does "GNU" stand for? where does it fit in …
GNU stands for "GNU is not unix" it is an operating system developed by Richard Stallman in 1984, it waited a couple od years to be published, until 1991 when Linus Torwalds made Linux …
Linux, GNU, Unix, what's the difference and how they work
Feb 15, 2022 · Linux is an operating system kernel licensed under the GNU GPL which, when combined with the GNU toolchain and a number of other GNU GPL software, give you all the …
Could someone explain the differences between GNU/Linux and …
GNU/Linux refers to the whole package, GNU userland and Linux kernel, Linux is only the kernel - however many people refer to the whole OS as just Linux.
r/gnu on Reddit: Source of the famous "I'd like to interject for a ...
Jun 9, 2011 · 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 …
Why do some people call it gnu/linux? : r/linuxquestions - Reddit
I don' really get why people try to convince others to call it gnu/linux. The gnu utilities are just some programs preinstalled on most distros. But so is systemd yet we don't call it …
Is the GNU + Linux argument still going today? : r/linuxmasterrace …
Apr 20, 2023 · 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 …
Linux, GNU/Linux, free software... - Reddit
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GNU + Linux : r/copypasta - Reddit
Apr 5, 2017 · 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 …
Explain like I'm 5: What's GNU? : r/linuxquestions - Reddit
126 votes, 85 comments. New Linux user here, many times people say GNU/Linux, I know Linux that it's the kernel but what's GNU