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How much GNU is there in GNU/Linux?

How much GNU is there in GNU/Linux?

Posted Jun 1, 2011 9:21 UTC (Wed) by realnc (guest, #60393)
Parent article: How much GNU is there in GNU/Linux?

> the kernel is actually comparable in size to all the GNU software

OK, then why did you ask the question the way you did? You could have asked this instead: How much Linux is there in GNU/Linux?


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How much GNU is there in GNU/Linux?

Posted Jun 2, 2011 3:01 UTC (Thu) by nevets (subscriber, #11875) [Link]

The correct phrase is:

"How much GNU is there in Ubuntu"?

As someone else already mentioned, Ubuntu does not even mention that it is a Linux distribution (or Linux for that matter) in their web site.

How much GNU is there in GNU/Linux?

Posted Jun 6, 2011 18:52 UTC (Mon) by JanC_ (guest, #34940) [Link]

Well, there is a page that explains Ubuntu is based on Debian GNU/Linux...

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