[thecodedmessage]

This is a surprising take.

Linux as a project is the kernel. Unlike most OSes, the most commonly used libc is maintained separately. As a result, Linux the operating system is the one where it’s the most common and supported to avoid the “standard” libc because the kernel itself has a stable interface.

[crabbone]

Again, you are trying to pretend not to notice the common understanding and the use of the word, while pulling out some definition nobody cares about.

Yes, technically, Linux is a kernel project. But, most time the word is used to designate the whole operating system (which annoys people who like to be precise, but it's also clear as day how OP meant to use the word, and you swapping the meaning of the word OP used for something that's convenient to you to make a useless contrarian point is just an example of bad discussion).