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minus-squareCrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·6 hours agoYes, yes, and it’s NT/Windows or as I’ve taken to calling it NT+Windows… This point is pedantic and tired to the point that it has become an infamous copypasta. It’s also, at least as stated here, not even technically correct. A kernel is an operating system all on it’s own. It just can’t do much. GNU just provides the software that the user interacts with. Additionally, there are a number of Linux distros that are entirely free of GNU software. Just about everyone understands what you mean when you call Linux an OS. The pedantry is unneeded.
minus-squareLeFantome@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 hours agoGNU is not even a requirement. Look at Void Linux. Look at Alpine Linux. Look at Chimera Linux. MUSL instead of Glibc. Clang instead of GCC. Alternative userlands. More and more Linux distros arrive with these traits everyday (many more than I listed).
Yes, yes, and it’s NT/Windows or as I’ve taken to calling it NT+Windows…
This point is pedantic and tired to the point that it has become an infamous copypasta.
It’s also, at least as stated here, not even technically correct. A kernel is an operating system all on it’s own. It just can’t do much.
GNU just provides the software that the user interacts with.
Additionally, there are a number of Linux distros that are entirely free of GNU software.
Just about everyone understands what you mean when you call Linux an OS. The pedantry is unneeded.
GNU is not even a requirement.
Look at Void Linux. Look at Alpine Linux. Look at Chimera Linux.
MUSL instead of Glibc. Clang instead of GCC. Alternative userlands. More and more Linux distros arrive with these traits everyday (many more than I listed).