[Info-vax] What is a "real" Unix ?

[Steven Schweda]

> Well, strictly speaking Linux is just a kernel and not the whole operating
> system. Everything that makes it work, from the shell to the software tools
> packages, are not really Linux. Most of them are GNU products. But people
> think of the whole distribution together as "Linux" even though strictly
> speaking it isn't.

   As much as I dislike these never-ending, off-topic threads, ...

   It's certainly true that what many/most people call "Linux" would
more accurately be called "GNU/Linux".

   And "GNU" is an acronym for what, exactly?