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Linux is not the name of that unixoid operating system – Linux is the name of the kernel. The operating system itself is called »GNU«, which is a recursive acronyme for »GNU's Not Unix«. The GNU project has its own kernel, Hurd, but since Hurd isn't finished yet, and will probably not be finished within the next few years, you can't use the GNU system without Linux.
The correct name of the entire operating system, with kernel, is therefore »GNU/Linux«. If you're using an experimental Hurd system, the entire OS is called »GNU/Hurd«, but since Hurd is the official GNU kernel, it might be referred to as »GNU« only.
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