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to: Shaun Buzza
from: poindexter FORTRAN
date: 2022-01-11 06:19:00
subject: Re: Ubuntu Ultimate Editi

Subject: Re: Ubuntu Ultimate Edition
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-=> Shaun Buzza wrote to Nightfox <=-

 Ni> People often refer to
 Ni> all the distros generally as Linux, which isn't really wrong, but each
 Ni> Linux distro could be considered its own OS.

 SB> Again, that's true. The only commonality between Arch, Debian, and
 SB> Manjaro, for instance, is the kernel. However, a majority of newer
 SB> distros are based on Ubuntu, or at least Debian (which Ubuntu is based
 SB> on), and therefore are very similar. Which brings us right back to the
 SB> start of our conversation. :)

I'm having RMS flashbacks, stopping interviews, podcasts and panel 
discussions to "correct" people to call it GNU + Linux.

I'd call it Linux with a GNU kernel, myself.  :)


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