Can you motherfuckers stop using the word "reformat"?

I just reformatted your mom

>>55947895
:DDDD

It's what normalfags understand.

>>55947833
Can you motherfuckers stop using the word GNU as the name for the Linux operating system?

it is wrong

>>55947942
Linux is the kernel.

>>55947954
Okay Stallman

Pronuncing "GNU" alone makes you retarded anyway. "GUENOO" .. "GNUHHH" ... "GNEWWW" retarded shit

>>55947954
And the GNU coreutils is a set of utilities that can be replaced. Having the Linux kernel along with coreutils also doesn't make a full operating system.
Whether a distribution should be referred to as Linux or GNU/Linux is up to the distribution's maintainer.

For example, Debian is correctly referred to as GNU/Linux, but Gentoo is simply Linux.

Now kindly go and install gNewSense so you can stop being a hypocrite.

>>55947942
you I like you

>>55947833
When you do a clean install, the installer does format the disk drive as NTFS, and seeing as how it was likely already NTFS when you got it, it's considered reformatted. You wouldn't be able to have your clean installation without that process. So.. go fuck yourself OP.

>>55947833

>"Reformatted" does not = Clean install

It's called a colloquialism, you moron, and yes it does indeed mean just that.

>>55948009
>And the GNU coreutils is a set of utilities that can be replaced.
And when they actually ARE replaced, you can start calling it busybox / Linux or BSD / Linux or whatever. But as long as you're using the GNU coreutils, it's GNU / Linux.

>>55947895
xD

>>55947833
I just reformatted windows then installed PC on it

>>55951001
Only as long as the distro maintainer calls their particular distro GNU/Linux.

>>55947833
But you usually reformat during the install, dumb frogposter

>>55947976
Ñu

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>>55947895

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>>55947895

>>55947833
who gives a shit? it's clear what is meant

and is this even a problem? you reinstall windows/linux, you format a harddrive, that's probably by far the most common terminology

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>>55947895

>this thread hasn't been pruned yet

What the fuck is wrong with /g/?

>>55947942
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.

>>55953163
Was waiting for this quality pasta to come up

>>55953163
I'm terribly sorry for interjecting another moment, but what I just told you is GNU/Linux is, in fact, just Linux, or as I've just now taken to calling it, Just Linux. Linux apparently does happen to be a whole operating system unto itself and comprises a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Most computer users who run the entire Linux system every day already realize it. Through a peculiar turn of events, I was misled into calling the system "GNU/Linux", and until now, I was unaware that it is basically the Linux system, developed by the Linux project.

There really isn't a GNU/Linux, and I really wasn't using it; it is an extraneous misrepresentation of the system that's being used. Linux is the operating system: the entire system made useful by its included corelibs, shell utilities, and other vital system components. The kernel is already an integral part of the Linux operating system, never confined useless by itself; it functions coherently within the context of the complete Linux operating system. Linux is never used in combination with GNU accessories: the whole system is basically Linux without any GNU added, or Just Linux. All the so-called "GNU/Linux" distributions are really distributions of Linux.