Z:gnu-www-ja-gnu-linux-faq--08e6c4-That practice seems to be very/en

That practice seems to be very rare&mdash;we can't find any examples other than the misuse of the name &ldquo;Linux&rdquo;. Normally an operating system is developed as a single unified project, and the developers choose a name for the system as a whole. The kernel usually does not have a name of its own&mdash;instead, people say &ldquo;the kernel of such-and-such&rdquo; or &ldquo;the such-and-such kernel&rdquo;.