How is GNU/Linux different from Linux?

It is the same thing, just emphasizing that the OS is more than the kernel, and than the userland comes from the GNU project.

The latter had been designed to be a full OS but didn't have a functional kernel when Linux was released, and Torvalds adopted the GNU userland for his project.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Hurd

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coryrc 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Android/Linux also exists.

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kachapopopow 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

linux is the kernel gnu is the full operating system

	▲	bigstrat2003 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Linux is both the name for the kernel and the full operating system.