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

[Bob Eager]

On Mon, 04 Sep 2023 21:36:30 -0700, Steven Schweda wrote:

>> 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?

Exactly. Indeed.