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... What you’re refering to as GNU/Linux, is in fact, systemd/GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, systemd plus GNU plus Linux. GNU/Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning systemd init system made useful by the systemd daemons, shell utilities and redundant system components comprising a full init system as defined by systemd itself.

Many computer users run a modified version of the systemd init system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of systemd which is widely used today is often called GNU/Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the systemd init system, developed by the Red Hat.

There really is a GNU/Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the init system they use. GNU/Linux is the os: a collection of programs that can be run by the init system. The operating system is an essential part of an init system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete init system. GNU/Linux is normally used in combination with the systemd init system: the whole system is basically systwmd with GNU/Linux added, or systemd/GNU/Linux. All the so-called GNU/Linux distributions are really distributions of systemd/GNU/Linux!

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    Whenever I see this picture I think of this:

    | Creature | Swims | Walks | Flies |
    | -------- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
    | Dog      | X     | X     |       |
    | Fish     | X     |       |       |
    | Bird     |       | X     | X     |
    | Duck     | X     | X     | X     |
    

    Notice how for each combination of swimming, walking and flying, there is a living creature that can do just that, with the exception of swimming and flying.

    Sure there are flying fish, but they glide rather than fly. Did evolution really forget to cover this niche?

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