What is the difference between gnu and linux?



What is the difference between gnu and linux?..

Answer / Rahul Krishnan Shrivastava

GNU (GNU's Not Unix) is a free software operating system that consists of a kernel, utilities, and libraries. Linux, on the other hand, is a kernel developed by Linus Torvalds. The most common use of the term 'Linux' refers to a combination of the Linux kernel with the GNU system.

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