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>Linux or GNU/Linux, that is the question.</TITLE
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>Linux System Administrators Guide: </TH
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>Chapter 1. Introduction</TD
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NAME="GNU-OR-NOT"
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>1.1. Linux or GNU/Linux, that is the question.</H1
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>Many people feel that Linux should really be called GNU/Linux.
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This is because Linux is only the kernel, not the applications that run
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on it. Most of the basic command line utilities were written by the
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Free Software Foundation while developing their GNU operating system.
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Among those utilities are some of the most basic commands like cp, mv
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lsof, and dd.</P
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>In a nutshell, what happened was, the FSF started developing GNU
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by writing things like compliers, C libraries, and basic command line
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utilities before the kernel. Linus Torvalds, started Linux by writing
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the Linux kernel first and using applications written for GNU.</P
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>I do not feel that this is the proper forum to debate what name
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people should use when referring to Linux. I mention it here, because
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I feel it is important to understand the relationship between GNU and
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Linux, and to also explain why some Linux is sometimes referred to as
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GNU/Linux. The document will be simply referring to it as Linux.
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</P
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>GNU's side of the issue is discussed on their website:</P
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>The relationship -
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> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html</A
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>Why Linux should be GNU/Linux - <A
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> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html</A
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>GNU/Linux FAQ's - <A
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> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html</A
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>Here are some Alternate views:</P
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HREF="http://librenix.com/?inode=2312"
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> http://librenix.com/?inode=2312</A
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> http://www.topology.org/linux/lingl.html</A
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HREF="http://atulchitnis.net/writings/gnulinux.php"
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> http://atulchitnis.net/writings/gnulinux.php</A
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>Introduction</TD
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