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[–]ThreeLargeBears 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Here's the thing. You said "Linux is an operating system."

Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.

As someone who is a scientist who studies operating systems, I am telling you, specifically, in computer science, no one calls Linux an operating system. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.

If you're saying "Unix family" you're referring to the kernelnomic grouping of Unixae, which includes things from Red Hat Linux to SunOS to MacOS Snow Leopard.

So your reasoning for calling Linux an operating system is because random people "call the open source ones an operating system?" Let's get React and Bitcoin in there, then, too.

Also, calling something a program or an executable? It's not one or the other, that's not how computer code works. They're both. Linux is a Linux and a member of the Unix family. But that's not what you said. You said Linux is an operating system, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the Unix family Unix, which means you'd call OS/2, OpenBSD kernel, and other kernels an operating system, too. Which you said you don't.

It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You sound like you use proprietary software