On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:51:46 GMT, David M. Lloyd <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Well, no. It is just a kernel. Without a userland not an OS. That is why 
>> they call it GNU/Linux. Kernel + userland.
>
> If you are referring to "Red Hat Enterprise Linux", it'd be correct (AFAIK) 
> to say that Red Hat identifies "Red Hat Enterprise Linux" as an operating 
> system, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that Red Hat calls "Linux" an 
> operating system (well... subject to the reality of human inaccuracy). And 
> the validity and correctness of the term "GNU/Linux" is *definitely* disputed 
> (and likely always will be).
> 
> Maybe "Operating systems based on the Linux kernel" would be satisfactory?

That is acceptable, totally.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12931#discussion_r1147839641

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