Comments on: What do you mean by GNU Linux?

By: ELfaGeek

ELfaGeek — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:23:18 +0000

The Linux Operating System is an excellent alternative to the Windows Operating System. GNU (and GPL) implies the Linux Distro is FREE, as in beer. There are also commercial (not FREE) Linux Distros.

More details here:

There are hundreds of different Linux Distros (Versions), and here’s a good list with User Rankings:

TIP: Thinking of switching from Windows? Take a look at Linux Mint (like XP) and FreeSpire Linux (like Vista), based on Ubuntu Linux.

By: oracle128au

oracle128au — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:56:35 +0000

Linux is an open source operating system kernel.
GNU is an open source operating system package.
GNU/Linux is the GNU operating system using the Linux kernel.

By: R. M

R. M — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:54:12 +0000

I didn’t say anything about GNU Linux….

By: moo cow

moo cow — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:31:52 +0000

linux is an operating system