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david_draco
2017 days ago
Only almost everything of the programs (ls, grep, bash, gcc, etc). Linux is just the kernel. Stallman lead development of most of the shell environment you use today.
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galkk
2017 days ago
Given that the kernel will/could expect to work without the programs, more or less, why it isn't Linux/GNU then.
Linux is a kernel, the rest are just a programs.
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SanderNL
2017 days ago
The programs do the useful work, the rest is just the kernel.
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jcelerier
2017 days ago
if you use WSL1 you have all of GNU and zero Linux for instance
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type0
2017 days ago
that's why it should have been called GSW (GNU system for Windows)
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edgyquant
2017 days ago
But the GNU stuff sits on top of WSL which implements(ed) Linux system calls.
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raverbashing
2017 days ago
GNU Hurd will be ready any day now
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jhasse
2017 days ago
I'm using exa, rg, fish and clang though ;)
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Linux is a kernel, the rest are just a programs.