Comment on The Shaggy God - Richard Stallman in Boston MagazineparentComments−mojuba18yProbably because GNU Linux without slash would mean there may be another Linux also that's not GNU.And yes, GNU/Linux reads like a path: here is the GNU world and here's Linux subworld.−huhtenberg18y> .. there may be another Linux also that's not GNUTechnically there may be one. While the history of Hurd shows that the opposite is not quite true. So all things considered it should really be Linux/GNU :-)−gaius18yThere are distros with BSD or Solaris kernels and a GNU userland.
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Probably because GNU Linux without slash would mean there may be another Linux also that's not GNU.
And yes, GNU/Linux reads like a path: here is the GNU world and here's Linux subworld.
> .. there may be another Linux also that's not GNU
Technically there may be one. While the history of Hurd shows that the opposite is not quite true. So all things considered it should really be Linux/GNU :-)
There are distros with BSD or Solaris kernels and a GNU userland.