Mike Schiraldi wrote: > > > Except that Linux is only the kernel. Linux + GNU + some other files and > > > configuration is the OS. That, plus some applications is the distribution. > > > > You're wrong. > > How is he wrong?
In the computer science sense, an operating system is the piece of software which interfaces with the hardware. In many cases this is just the kernel. Generically people refer to as OS as the collection of all software plus the kernel. But technically, the Linux kernel is an operating system in the true sense of the word (all the user apps aren't really necessary to run the computer, they're just a convenience ;-).
