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WDYT about GNU
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Linux is only the kernel for the OS. GNU is most everything else that makes Linux (GNU Linux) an OS.
I would argue that's not true anymore and I know where you got that from. Yes at one point GNU was most of the utils one would use in a complete Linux system but today just as much if not more is being done by systemd (but obviously nobody would call it GNU/Systemd/Linux. Yes gnu coreutils and libs are the default on most distros and nano is the most popular text editor but I would argue when people think of what makes Linux what it is today they think of the desktops and window managers (so freedesktop/x11/wayland)
Systemd is more important than GNU.
That's why I said "GNU is a huge part of Linux operating systems". Both parts are important for the history of Linux based operating systems.
Oh, I wasn't arguing. I was clarifying for anyone reading the thread and out of the loop.