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[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

If we claim we are recommending distros do we escape on a technicality?

[-] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The distro IS the OS, so no.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

No, the OS is a given.

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The word distro is a commonly used for Linux distros, where the OS is Linux, I would say.

Edit: this sentence is wrong

[-] explore_broaden@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago

I wouldn’t say the OS is Linux any more than the OS of an Apple computer is XNU. Linux is just the kernel. Similarly the other OS isn’t “Windows NT kernel,” but Windows 10 or Windows 11.

[-] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

The kernel is linux. From wikipedia: An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

Linux being designed to work with so many things (and so many things designed to work with linux) all combined make the OS. This is also where the famous quote comes from. https://www.gnu.org/gnu/incorrect-quotation.en.html

[-] rain_worl@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

unironically: most distros are actually mostly gnu, just with a linux kernel. bit annoyed when people just call it "linux"

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