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    [–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    The distro IS the OS, so no.

    [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

    No, the OS is a given.

    [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

    The word distro is a commonly used for Linux distros, where the OS is Linux, I would say.

    Edit: this sentence is wrong

    [–] explore_broaden@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago

    I wouldn’t say the OS is Linux any more than the OS of an Apple computer is XNU. Linux is just the kernel. Similarly the other OS isn’t “Windows NT kernel,” but Windows 10 or Windows 11.

    [–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

    The kernel is linux. From wikipedia: An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

    Linux being designed to work with so many things (and so many things designed to work with linux) all combined make the OS. This is also where the famous quote comes from. https://www.gnu.org/gnu/incorrect-quotation.en.html

    [–] rain_worl@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

    unironically: most distros are actually mostly gnu, just with a linux kernel. bit annoyed when people just call it "linux"