Issue #15 - Misleading "Linux" link on /projects/debian/
Philippe Cloutier
chealer at gmail.com
Thu Oct 3 02:05:08 UTC 2019
http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/debian/ contains:
> Debian uses the Linux <https://www.linux.com/> kernel (the core of an
> operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU
> project <https://www.gnu.org/>; hence the name GNU/Linux.
While the second link expectedly brings to gnu.org, the first one goes
to linux.com, a website of "The Linux Foundation", which contains a
"What is Linux?" page: https://www.linux.com/what-is-linux
That page is very confusing, giving 2 contradictory definitions of "Linux":
> Just like Windows, iOS, and Mac OS, Linux is an operating system. [...]
>
> The OS is comprised of a number of pieces:
>
> *
>
> *The Bootloader:* [...]
>
> *
>
> *The kernel:* This is the one piece of the whole that is actually
> called “Linux”. The kernel is the core of the system and manages
> the CPU, memory, and peripheral devices. The kernel is the
> “lowest” level of the OS.
>
> *
>
> *Daemons:* [...]
>
> *
>
> *The Shell:* [...]
>
> *
>
> *Graphical Server:* [...]
>
> *
>
> *Desktop Environment:* [...]
>
> *
>
> *Applications:* [...]
>
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Philippe Cloutier
http://www.philippecloutier.com
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