I’m interested in finding out what people think when they see something GNU. What do you associate with it? Do you tend to be more or less interested in the project if.it is GNU or not? What is your perspective?

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    Linux is only the kernel for the OS. GNU is most everything else that makes Linux (GNU Linux) an OS.

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      I would argue that’s not true anymore and I know where you got that from. Yes at one point GNU was most of the utils one would use in a complete Linux system but today just as much if not more is being done by systemd (but obviously nobody would call it GNU/Systemd/Linux. Yes gnu coreutils and libs are the default on most distros and nano is the most popular text editor but I would argue when people think of what makes Linux what it is today they think of the desktops and window managers (so freedesktop/x11/wayland)

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      That’s why I said “GNU is a huge part of Linux operating systems”. Both parts are important for the history of Linux based operating systems.

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        Oh, I wasn’t arguing. I was clarifying for anyone reading the thread and out of the loop.