> Alfred, quoted above, said that "The operating system is > called GNU". That seemed to imply that the kernel is not part > of the operating system (since the Linux kernel is not part of > GNU). I was seeking clarification on that point. > > But the Hurd is part of the GNU operating system, which is the > GNU kernel. One should also recall that not all operating > systems have a named kernel, for example the BSD's.
What you wrote was: | The reason is that Linux is not a operating system, it is the | kernel of one. The operating system is called GNU. I thought the operating system being discussed was the one referred to by many people here as "GNU/Linux". Are you saying that that specific operating system, which includes the Linux kernel, should be called just "GNU"? Or were you instead referring to an OS that uses the Hurd kernel? One can call GNU/Linux for GNU if one wants to, much like one calls OpenBSD for simply BSD. Often when I am a bit lazy and someone asks me what operating system I use I just say GNU, or a variant of GNU. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
