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pjmlptoday at 5:10 AM2 repliesview on HN

When people say Linux they mean GNU/Linux.


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cyphartoday at 5:22 AM

In common parlance, yes -- because there is no practical distinction. But in cases where something is just using the Linux kernel without GNU and other common userpand components (and there is a practical distinction) then it's definitionally untrue to say that it's "not Linux" if you really meant to say "it's not GNU/Linux".

nonameiguesstoday at 8:31 AM

Alpine Linux is not using GNU. I'm sure there are others. No definition you can ever come up with will have no exceptions in widespread use. Live with it.