It's just Linux. GNU is unrelated to Linux, which is a - kernel developed by Linus Torvalds. Linux can be used - entirely without GNU software in userspace, and the kernel - can be compiled without the use of GNU tools. Just because - GNU tools were used to initally develop and compile the - kernel, and were initially the only available tools for - userspace, does not make this true today, and it never made - GNU a part of Linux itself at any point of time.
+ kernel developed by + Linus Torvalds. + Linux can be used entirely without GNU software in + userspace, and the kernel can be compiled without the use of + GNU tools. Just because GNU tools were used to initally + develop and compile the kernel, and were initially the only + available tools for userspace, does not make this true + today, and it never made GNU a part of Linux itself at any + point of time.Where are all of the other forward-slashes for every other piece of software on a Linux-based system which makes it just as usable? If a system is running "GNU/Linux", it