TheImpressiveXSep 2, 2023

I'd like to interject for a moment...

https://lemmy.ml/post/4313811

I'd like to interject for a moment... - Lemmy

Taken from the CompTIA IT Fundamentals Exam Guide book (2nd edition, published 2021). I’m not sure if they fixed this in newer versions, if at all.

Show threadHot SaucermanSep 2, 2023
I mean, it’s technically correct? The G does stand for GNU, and GNU tools can be used to build Linux.
Show threadBye
No basically all Linux uses gnu Coreurils as a foundation and is therefore best called gnu+Linux. There’s a great RMS rant about this , it’s what the title is referring to.
Sep 3, 2023 at 12:13amWeb
Show threadDdhuudSep 3, 2023
And the next time RMS invent Linux, he can call it whatever he wants…
Show threadYaBoyMaxSep 3, 2023
Calling it now, 2024 will be the year of the Hurd desktop.
Show threadDryTomatoesSep 3, 2023
They should make a new version of Linux from scratch where all you get is the Linux source code and you write the compiler and core utils yourself. Now that would be Linux.
Show threadblackbrookSep 3, 2023
Aren’t their embedded systems that run the Linux kernel without the core-utils (maybe with busybox instead) and would therefore be non-gnu linux variants?
Show threadYaBoyMaxSep 3, 2023
Yep, Alpine Linux does this as well.
Show threadNormalCSep 3, 2023
Yeah these would be called NonGNU/Linux or Busybox/Linux.