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How is Ubuntu not an operating system?

• sologoub 15y ago
  It's a flavor of Linux? This survey seems half-assed....
  • irahul 15y ago
    > It's a flavor of Linux? That doesn't disqualify it from being an operating system.
    • alnayyir 15y ago
      It's not an operating system, it's a distribution of software other people wrote that comprises an operating system. It's not even an original distribution of Linux at that, it's just downstream Debian plus some crappy GUI apps. --- Ubuntu user
      • sologoub 15y ago
        Yup, it's a Debian derivative, but I like how light weight it was and how easy it is to get it going from the liveCD. I'm still on the last LTS, so haven't experienced the non-Gnome version yet.
        • alnayyir 15y ago
          You think Ubuntu is light-weight? ...what?
          • jcitme 15y ago
            Fitting on a CD passes for lightweight nowadays...
          • sp332 15y ago
            It doesn't use much disk, CPU, or brainpower.
• mtogo 15y ago
  It's a software distribution. It includes GNU/Linux, which is an operating system, but Ubuntu itself is not an operating system.
• SkyMarshal 15y ago
  For the purposes of the survey, they either need to list 'GNU/Linux', or if not that then every major distro of GNU/Linux plus an 'Other Linux' option. Otherwise their results will be filled with inaccurate data. Hence OP's suspicion of satire.
  • teoryn 15y ago
    I fully agree it's satire or a really bad survey, but that doesn't disqualify Ubuntu from being an operating system.