Issue #15 - Misleading "Linux" link on /projects/debian/

From: Philippe Cloutier <chealer(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: spi-general(at)lists(dot)spi-inc(dot)org
Subject: Issue #15 - Misleading "Linux" link on /projects/debian/
Date: 2019-10-03 02:05:08
Message-ID: 02668133-f407-fd6e-a6d5-9933551955cb@gmail.com
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http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/debian/ contains:

> Debian uses the Linux <https://www.linux.com/> kernel (the core of an
> operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU
> project <https://www.gnu.org/>; hence the name GNU/Linux.

While the second link expectedly brings to gnu.org, the first one goes
to linux.com, a website of "The Linux Foundation", which contains a
"What is Linux?" page: https://www.linux.com/what-is-linux

That page is very confusing, giving 2 contradictory definitions of "Linux":

> Just like Windows, iOS, and Mac OS, Linux is an operating system. [...]
>
> The OS is comprised of a number of pieces:
>
> *
>
> *The Bootloader:* [...]
>
> *
>
> *The kernel:* This is the one piece of the whole that is actually
> called “Linux”. The kernel is the core of the system and manages
> the CPU, memory, and peripheral devices. The kernel is the
> “lowest” level of the OS.
>
> *
>
> *Daemons:* [...]
>
> *
>
> *The Shell:* [...]
>
> *
>
> *Graphical Server:* [...]
>
> *
>
> *Desktop Environment:* [...]
>
> *
>
> *Applications:* [...]
>

--
Philippe Cloutier
http://www.philippecloutier.com

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