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'''[[GNU]]/[[Linux]]''' is the name of the [[operating system]] commonly referred today only as [[Linux]]. Linux is actually the [[kernel]] of the operating system, which implements most of the tools in the [http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-history.html GNU Project]. The name is used by advocates to give credit to both the [[GNU system]] and the kernel Linux. |
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To know more about the GNU project, see [[GNU]]. |
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To know more about the kernel Linux, see [[Linux]]. |
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Revision as of 05:19, 21 May 2005
GNU/Linux is the name of the operating system commonly referred today only as Linux. Linux is actually the kernel of the operating system, which implements most of the tools in the GNU Project. The name is used by advocates to give credit to both the GNU system and the kernel Linux.
To know more about the GNU project, see GNU. To know more about the kernel Linux, see Linux.