Z:gnu-www-ja-2001-09-24-CPI--9af925-GNU/Linux is the integrated co/en

GNU/Linux is the integrated combination of the GNU operating system with the kernel, Linux, written by Linus Torvalds in 1991. The various versions of GNU/Linux have an estimated 20 million users. Some people call the GNU/Linux system &ldquo;Linux&rdquo;, but this misnomer leads to confusion (people cannot tell whether you mean the whole system, or the kernel, which is one part), and spreads an inaccurate picture of the system's history and origin. Making a consistent distinction between GNU/Linux, the whole operating system, and Linux, the kernel, is the best way to clear up the confusion.