Is Ubuntu Based on Gnu?
Contents Ubuntu Was Created by People That Had Been Involved with Debian and Ubuntu Is Officially Proud of Its Debian Roots. It’s All Ultimately Gnu/Linux but...
Ubuntu was created by people that had been involved with Debian and Ubuntu is officially proud of its Debian roots. It’s all ultimately GNU/Linux but Ubuntu is a flavor. In the same way that you can have different dialects of English. The source is open so anyone can create their own version of it.
How much of Ubuntu is GNU?
Pedro Côrte-Real has posted the results of an investigation into the provenance of the code making up a Linux distribution. “Figure 1 shows the total LOC in Ubuntu natty split by the major projects that produce it. By this metric GNU software is about 8%.
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Is Linux based on GNU?
Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. … These users often think that Linus Torvalds developed the whole operating system in 1991, with a bit of help. Programmers generally know that Linux is a kernel.
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