Z:gnu-www-ja-words-to-avoid--4a6d56-Linux is the name of the kerne/en

Linux is the name of the kernel that Linus Torvalds developed starting in 1991. The operating system in which Linux is used is basically GNU with Linux added. To call the whole system &ldquo;Linux&rdquo; is both unfair and confusing. Please call the complete system  GNU/Linux, both to give the GNU Project credit and to distinguish the whole system from the kernel alone.