www/gnu gnu-linux-faq.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       17/04/20 22:09:31

Modified files:
        gnu            : gnu-linux-faq.html 

Log message:
        (why): rewrite the question a little.
        (what): New question.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.143&r2=1.144

Patches:
Index: gnu-linux-faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.143
retrieving revision 1.144
diff -u -b -r1.143 -r1.144
--- gnu-linux-faq.html  18 Aug 2016 19:57:32 -0000      1.143
+++ gnu-linux-faq.html  21 Apr 2017 02:09:31 -0000      1.144
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
 
 <ul>
 
-<li><a href="#why" id="TOCwhy">Why do you call it GNU/Linux and not 
Linux?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#why" id="TOCwhy">Why do you call the system we use GNU/Linux and 
not Linux?</a></li>
 
 <li><a href="#whycare" id="TOCwhycare">Why is the name important?</a></li>
 
+<li><a href="#what" id="TOCwhat">What is the real relationship between GNU and 
Linux</a></li>
+
 <li><a href="#howerror" id="TOChowerror">How did it come about that most
     people call the system &ldquo;Linux&rdquo;?</a></li>
 
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@
 
 <dl>
 
-<dt id="why">Why do you call it GNU/Linux and not
+<dt id="why">Why do you call the system we use GNU/Linux and not
     Linux? <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a 
href="#why">#why</a>)</span></dt>
 
 <dd>Most operating system distributions based on Linux as kernel are
@@ -294,6 +296,13 @@
 practical importance of these ideals</a>.</p>
 </dd>
 
+<dt id="what">What is the real relationship between GNU and Linux? <span 
class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#what">#what</a>)</span></dt>
+
+<dd>The GNU operating system and the Linux kernel are separate
+software projects that do complementary jobs.  Typically they are
+packaged in a <a href="/distros">GNU/Linux distribution</a>, and used
+together.</dd>
+
 <dt id="howerror">How did it come about that most
     people call the system &ldquo;Linux&rdquo;? <span 
class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#howerror">#howerror</a>)</span></dt>
 
@@ -1545,7 +1554,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2016/08/18 19:57:32 $
+$Date: 2017/04/21 02:09:31 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>