Zita rokuti "Linux" rakatanga richishandiswa naTorvalds nokuda kweLinux kernel chete. Zvisinei, kernel iyi yaishandiswa kakawanda pamwe chete nemamwe mapurogiramu, zvikurukuru ayo eprojekti yeGNU. Izvi zvakakurumidza kuva kushandiswa kwakakurumbira kweGNU software. Muna June 1994 muGNU's bulletin, Linux yakanzi "free UNIX clone", uye chirongwa cheDebian chakatanga kudana chigadzirwa chayo Debian GNU/Linux. Muna May 1996, Richard Stallman akabudisa mhariri Emacs 19.31, umo rudzi rwechirongwa rwakachinjwa zita kubva kuLinux kuenda kuLignux. Kunyora uku kwaifanirwa kureva zvakananga kusanganiswa kweGNU neLinux, asi izvi zvakakurumidza kusiyiwa nekuda kwe "GNU/Linux".Zita iri rakagamuchira mhinduro dzakasiyana. Zita reGNU neDebian rinoshandisa zita racho, kunyange zvazvo vanhu vakawanda vanongoshandisa shoko rokuti "Linux" Mubvunzo: Vanhu vakawanda vanoridana kuti chii?
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