Even Microsoft is calling it Linux, why do so many of you still

>>61846253
do you call windows nt? no. it would be idiotic to call it as the kernel.

I don't like Linus.

>>61846253
> he doesn't know what a meme is
> 2017 +1 -1

Everyone calls it Linux, "GNU/Linux" is just a meme.

>>61846253
Please tell me you're joking.

>>61846559
this

>>61846300
people are tend to use shorter words it has nothing to do with kernel or userland tools

>>61846253
The subsystem doesn't even include Linux. It has some userland tools from Ubuntu but no kernel.

>>61846253
>MS calls it "Linux"
>when they made a clean room implementation of the kernel and supposedly contains 0 code from the linux kernel

current state of microbenis

>>61846253
>>61846559
>>61846646
You don't call Android android/Linux, you also don't call it Linux.
You don't call macOS MacOS/XNU, you also don't call it XNU.
You don't call windows windows/nt, you also don't call it NT.
Therefore, it's not Linux, it's not GNU/Linux. It's just GNU.

>>61846253
>Even Microsoft is calling them 'gigabytes', so why are you faggots calling them 'gibibytes'
An hero.

>>61846851
Being understood is way more important than being consistent.
When I say gnu/Linux, everyone knows what I am talking about but not everyone understands that gnu is also an OS.

>>61846646
>people are tend to use shorter words
GNU is shorter than Linux

>>61846887
Linux just sounds better

>>61846897
you're mum just sounds better on my benis ;)

>>61846881
>being understood
Yeah. This is why I pronounce gif as gif(t), and say USB when I mean flash drive.

>even microsoft
and who cares what microsoft does?

>>61846957
>gif as gif(t)
B-but it's Jraphics Interchange Format!

>>61847027
Blame the shitty English language where every letter has two pronunciations.

>>61846907
Probably does as she's riding the benis on your head stopping your mouth from speaking

>>61846887
Gee-en-iu
Lee-nux

Tell me how is it shorter?
I'm pretty sure everyone will understand you when you say you're using "nu" OS, or "ñu" OS, fucking Mexican.

>>61846851

People just call stuff the way they want, now when someone tells you that they're using Linux you won't use much of your brain power figuring out is GNU/Linux, unless they're talking about the kernel, in which case you don't have to worry. So why fill your pussy with sand.

>>61846851
I call Android Android because it's the major key word which identifies the whole OS. The same goes for MacOS and Windows. I usually call an OS Ubuntu or Gentoo and I use the word Linux when I mean a Linux distribution in general.

I also use Linux when I mean solely the kernel, it always doesn't need additional explanations due to a context of a discussion.

GNU is a redundant word and I don't bother to use it because people always understand what I mean: the kernel or a distribution.

Furthermore, GNU tools are just a little fraction of any Linux distribution and it's not the key word which distinguishes what I mean from the others. If I'll start to use GNU instead of Linux, people would think that I'm kind of loony.

>>61847152
>Gee-en-iu
it's "guh-noo"

>Even pajeets are calling it linux
just like this small group of indians on 4chan

>>61846851
>You don't call windows windows/nt, you also don't call it NT
We actually do call it NT.

Lai nacks or lennicks?

>>61847523
lihn ucks

>>61847443
NT 10 sucks.

>>61846253
> (Beta)
Linux users BTFO

>>61847569
B E T A ' D
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>>61847568
What ever happened to NT 7 8 and 9? Wasn't Windows 8.1 NT 6.3?

>>61847896
pajeets can't count to 10

>>61847896
They realized they are never going to release another major kernel upgrade again after the vista fiasco
so they just renamed it to 10 to match the name

>>61847933
What did Vista really change aside from hardware desktop rendering?

>>61847148
that's right.

>>61846253
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.

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>>61847948
UAC
A new windows driver model
WASAPI
NTFS symbolic links
More sane file permissions (still kinda terrible)

>>61848024
So what fucked the compatibility up so bad?

>>61846253
For the same reason wine isn't the *nix subsystem for NT.

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>>61848039
Pretty much everything.
UAC was pretty strict initially and wouldn't allow you to do shit.
Because of the new driver model, a lot of old hardware stopped working because manufacturers are lazy shits.
And back then a lot of software stored their settings in the same directory as the application and because they made the Program Files directory read-only to everyone except Administrator a lot of software would shit the bed when you changed a setting.

>>61847152
>Gee-en-iu
it's Guh-nu, nigger

>>61847982
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 operating 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.

>>61848119
Stallman himself pronounces it as gee-nu, you dumb donut.

I wrote a fucking compiler. Linus has not finished his compiler yet and suffers humiliation from Stallman.

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A more accurate term would be "Linux/GNU."

>>61846253
That's because it's a subsystem that translates Linux system calls to the NT kernel's system calls.
This means you can run a GNU userspace on top.
So it's actually GNU/NT.

Why not call it something like Lignux?

>>61846253
>mentioned the same company who mixed up GiB and GB