[ffsm8]

Uh, didn't I say exactly that? Gnu/Linux Is just collegially known as "Linux" and the operation system suffix made it clear what he was talking about. I didn't come up with the usage of the term, I was merely trying to interpret their words.

[passivegains]

there's competing specs, holy wars, etc. but POSIX is kind of like what you're describing. popular distros are usually mostly-but-not-completely compliant.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

There was also the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Standard_Base , but unfortunately it wasn't particularly successful.