GNU/Linux

English

Proper noun

GNU/Linux

  1. The free software operating system resulting from the combination of the Linux kernel and the GNU operating system.
    • 2003, Mark G. Sobell, A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux 8, Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 8:
      In recent years GNU/Linux has emerged as a powerful and innovative UNIX workalike.
    • 2018, Richard Stallman, “Incorrect Quotation”, in GNU Project‎[1]:
      I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.

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