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    [–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    as far as i'm aware it's just a copypasta, knowyourmeme explains it pretty well

    [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    It isn't just a copypasta. As KnowYourMeme points out, it comes from Richard Stallman. Wikipedia has a good article about it here.

    The term GNU/Linux is promoted by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and its founder Richard Stallman. Their reasoning is that the GNU project was the main contributor for not only many of the operating system components used in the subsequent development of modern "Linux" systems, but also the associated free software philosophy.

    [–] IMongoose@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

    It's not a meme, people genuinely get upset about this. There was a post on a lemmy about the Comptia A+ study guide that had the question "What is GNU" with the answer of "It has to do with Linux" and people were writing essays on why this was not correct.