[GRLUG] What is Linux ?

[John J Foerch]

Linux is a kernel.  No offense to anybody on this list but
people who say Linux is an operating system are flat wrong,
and that's all there is to it.

my 2 cents,
--John

Bob Kline writes:
 > Just an out of the way discussion item:
 > what is Linux?
 > 
 > We are a LUG,  which in a funny way
 > means that as long as you use Linux,
 > you are free to discuss anything under
 > the sun.
 > 
 > But of course few here will see it that
 > way.  What the GRLUG mostly discusses
 > are Linux applications,  and less so the
 > Linux OS itself.  And Linux applications
 > are often as not Linux versions of a
 > package,  and except for shared experience
 > have little to do with Linux as an OS.
 > 
 > So,  what part of a typical Linux distribution
 > would people call the Linux OS?   Here too,
 > it's not the endless little editors and the myriad
 > of GNU tools.
 > 
 > Just for fun,  what does "Linux" mean
 > to people here?  An analog to the question
 > is "what is the Internet?"  Many people
 > would probably confuse that with their
 > browser.
 > 
 >       -Bob
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