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:* [...]
>

-- 
Philippe Cloutier
http://www.philippecloutier.com

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