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<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/debian/">http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/debian/</a>
contains:</p>
<p> </p>
<blockquote type="cite">Debian uses the <a
href="https://www.linux.com/">Linux</a> kernel (the core of an
operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the <a
href="https://www.gnu.org/">GNU project</a>; hence the name
GNU/Linux.</blockquote>
<p>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: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.linux.com/what-is-linux">https://www.linux.com/what-is-linux</a></p>
<p>That page is very confusing, giving 2 contradictory definitions
of "Linux":</p>
<p> </p>
<blockquote type="cite">
<p>Just like Windows, iOS, and Mac OS, Linux is an operating
system. [...]</p>
<p>The OS is comprised of a number of pieces: </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>The Bootloader:</strong> [...]</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>The kernel:</strong> 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.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Daemons:</strong> [...]</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>The Shell:</strong> [...]</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Graphical Server:</strong> [...]</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Desktop Environment:</strong> [...]</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Applications:</strong> [...]</p>
</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="998">--
Philippe Cloutier
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.philippecloutier.com">http://www.philippecloutier.com</a></pre>
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