Z:gnu-www-ja-gnu-linux-faq--e49f13-When people call the whole sys/en

When people call the whole system &ldquo;Linux&rdquo;, as a consequence they call the whole system by the same name as the kernel. This causes many kinds of confusion, because only experts can tell whether a statement is about the kernel or the whole system. By calling the whole system &ldquo;GNU/Linux&rdquo;, and calling the kernel &ldquo;Linux&rdquo;, you avoid the ambiguity.