Thread 42491086

I want to lick Rainbow Dash.

Install GNU+Linux

>>42492133
wrong board m8

>>42492297
Nope I meant to post it here on /mlp/

>>42491086 (OP)
>>42492133
Good taste

>>42494255
>>42492133
checked
what does linux taste like

>>42491086 (OP)
Mmm salty Dashie sweat

>>42494292
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. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>>42494305
tldr

>>42494310
Newfag detected

>>42494313
i know its a pasta fag

>>42494310
Short repsonse:
Basically, the system we call 'Linux' is actually a combination of the Linux kernel and the GNU operating system. The kernel itself doesn’t do much without the rest of the system around it, which is why it's often referred to as 'GNU/Linux.' It's just a more accurate term to describe the whole thing.


Long response:

To add some context, the GNU Project was started by Richard Stallman in 1983 to create a free and open-source operating system. His goal was to give users freedom to run, modify, and share software, which was becoming less common with proprietary systems at the time. By 1991, the GNU Project had created most of the components of an operating system (like libraries, compilers, utilities), but it was missing one key piece: a kernel.

That’s where Linux comes in. In 1991, Linus Torvalds, a Finnish student, released the Linux kernel as a free alternative to proprietary kernels. Initially, it wasn’t part of the GNU Project, but it fit perfectly as the missing piece. While Stallman’s GNU tools and libraries were already in place, Linux gave those tools an actual kernel to run on.

So, the two weren’t directly connected at first, but over time, Linux became the default kernel for GNU-based operating systems. Today, what we call "Linux" is more accurately GNU/Linux, because the full system is a combination of the GNU tools and the Linux kernel. The merging of these components created the fully free operating system that we use today.

The GNU Project and the Linux community have always been separate entities in some ways, but they're deeply connected in creating a fully free and open system. The two didn’t exactly merge, but they joined forces to provide what we know today as a "Linux distribution." That’s why, technically speaking, it’s more correct to call it GNU/Linux.

However some Linux distributions don't use any GNU programs

>>42492133
No

>>42494722
>in order to install steam you need to brick your os
>b-but linux is totally good and viable I p-promise

>>42492133
Based!

>>42494759
>pic
SOVL

>>42494910
I only noticed the dildo and thinkpad after I posted this lol

>>42494714
Linus Kike Tips is a bigger disgrace to Appulfags than Brandon Hole.

>>42495698
what does linus have to do with applejack

>>42495698
>ltt is bad b-because he made fun of my toy!
Why are linuxfags like this?