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| + | '''What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. |
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| − | | season = [[Season 3|3]] |
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| − | | number = 50 |
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| − | | airdate = October 25, 1993 |
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| − | | previous = [[Politically Correct]] |
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| − | | next = [[Meet God]] |
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| − | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the 19th episode in [[Season 3]] of [[Beavis and Butt-Head]]. It is the overall 50th episode. |
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| + | Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. |
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| − | The duo take to bowling as their latest activity, however, end up stealing Tom Anderson's bowling ball, blowing it up and dropping it from the roof of the building onto the street. |
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| − | This caused Tom Anderson to be arrested. |
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| + | There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux. |
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| − | *This episode was banned after an 18-year-old named Calvin Settle dropped a bowling ball from the top section of the New Jersey Route 139 superhighway, killing an 8 month old girl named Natalia Rivera. Morality in Media, a media watchdog group similar to the Parents Television Council, tried to connect the incident with this episode. However, it's not proven that the episode and the incident were connected. |
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Revision as of 21:49, 29 January 2012
What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.