Re: [Trisquel-users] GNU-Linux on Wikipedia

[onpon4]

That "collection of software utilities" you're talking about is an operating  
system. It's just how Unix is designed. The kernel is a part of that  
"collection of software utilities"; it's the program that manages  
communication between the other software and the hardware. If you just had  
that, I suppose it would technically "work", but it would be a very  
disappointing experience.

Pardon the local example, but claiming that the entire operating system other  
than the kernel is unimportant is like claiming that the entire Michigan  
highway system is unimportant for the task of driving to the upper peninsula  
simply because the Mackinac Bridge is an essential part of the highway system  
for that task, so the rest of the roads leading there are "just" a collection  
of roads.