谈谈 GNU/Linux 口水话
Linux GNU/Linux
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作为一个 Linux 用户，你可能遇到过以这样开头的一大段文字：“我想插一句话。你所说的 Linux，实际上是指 GNU/Linux。”


这让一些人对什么是 “Linux” 和什么是 “GNU/Linux” 感到困惑。对此，我在关于 [Linux 发行版的概念](https://itsfoss.com/what-is-linux-distribution/) 的文章中已经解释过。


基本上，[Linux 是一个内核](https://itsfoss.com/what-is-linux/)，加上 [GNU 软件](https://www.gnu.org/)，它就可以以操作系统的形式使用。


许多纯粹主义者和拥趸们不希望人们忘记 GNU 对基于 Linux 的操作系统的贡献。因此，他们经常在各种论坛和社区发布这篇长文（被称为 GNU Linux <ruby> 口水话 <rt>  copypaste </rt></ruby>）。


我不清楚这些 GNU/Linux 口水话的起源，也不清楚它是从什么时候开始出现的。有些人把它归功于 Richard Stallman 的 [2011 年在 GNU 博客上的文章](https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html)。我无法证实或否认这一点。


### 完整的 GNU/Linux 口水话



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> 我只想插一句话。你所说的 Linux，实际上是 GNU/Linux，或者正如我最近所称，是 GNU + Linux。Linux 本身并不是一个操作系统，而是功能齐全的 GNU 系统的另一个自由组件，这个系统是由 GNU 核心库、shell 实用程序和重要的系统组件组成的、按 POSIX 定义构成的完整操作系统。
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> 许多计算机用户每天都在运行着一个修改过的 GNU 系统，却没有意识到这一点。通过一个奇特的转折，这个今天被广泛使用的 GNU 版本通常被称为 Linux，而它的许多用户并不知道它基本上是由 GNU 项目开发的 GNU 系统。
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> Linux 倒也真的是存在，这些人也在使用它，但它只是他们使用的系统的一部分罢了。Linux 是内核：在系统中该程序将机器的资源分配给你运行的其他程序。内核是操作系统的一个重要部分，但它本身是无用的；它只能在一个完整的操作系统的环境下发挥作用。Linux 通常与 GNU 操作系统结合使用：整个系统基本上是添加了 Linux 的 GNU，或者叫 GNU/Linux。所有所谓的 Linux 发行版实际上都是 GNU/Linux 的发行版！
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### 到底什么是口水话？


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你是否注意到，我使用了“Copypasta”（LCTT 译注：译者选择翻译为“口水话”，或许有更贴合中文的译法，请大家指正）这个术语。它与<ruby> 意大利面 <rt>  pasta </rt></ruby>毫无关系。


[口水话](https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-a-copypasta/) 是在互联网上复制和粘贴的文本块，通常是为了嘲弄或取笑别人。它是“<ruby> 复制-粘贴 <rt>  copy-paste </rt></ruby>”一词的变种。


口水话也被认为是垃圾内容，因为它们被重复了一次又一次。以 GNU Linux 口水话为例。如果每次有人在讨论区中使用 Linux 这个词而不是 GNU/Linux 时，总会有几个人不断地粘贴这些大段的文本，那么就会惹恼其他成员。


### 你有没有贴过 GNU/Linux 口水话？


就个人而言，我从来没有这样做过。但是，说实话，当我还是一个新的 Linux 用户，在浏览一些 Linux 论坛时，我就是这样知道 GNU/Linux 这个术语的。


你呢？你有没有在 Linux 论坛上复制粘贴过“我想插一句话……”？你认为它是“嘲弄”工具，还是让人们了解 GNU 项目的必要之举？




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As a Linux user, you might have come across a long text that starts with “I’d like to interject for a moment. What you are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux”.

It makes some people confused about what is Linux and what is GNU/Linux. I have explained it in the article about the [concept of Linux distributions](https://itsfoss.com/what-is-linux-distribution/).

Basically, [Linux is a kernel](https://itsfoss.com/what-is-linux/) and with [GNU softwares](http://www.gnu.org/), it becomes usable in the form of an operating system.

Many purists and enthusiasts don’t want people to forget the contribution of GNU to the Linux-based operating systems. Hence, they often post this long text (known as GNU Linux copypasta) in various forums and communities.

I am not sure of the origin of the GNU/Linux copypasta and since when it came into existence. Some people attribute it to Richard Stallman’s [article on GNU blog in 2011](https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html). I cannot confirm or deny that.

## Complete GNU/Linux Copypasta

I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!

## What is a Copypasta, again?

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2021/02/copypasta.png)

Did you notice that I used the term ‘copypasta’. It has nothing to do with Italian dish pasta.

[Copypasta](https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-a-copypasta/) is a block of text which is copied and pasted across the internet, often to troll or poke fun at people. It is a degeneration of the term ‘copy-paste’.

Copypasta is also considered spam because they are repeated as it is a number of times. Take the example of GNU Linux copypasta. If a few people keep on pasting the huge text block every time someone uses Linux instead of GNU/Linux in a discussion forum, it would annoy other members.

## Have you ever used GNU/Linux Copypasta?

Personally, I have never done that. But, to be honest, that’s how I come to know about the term GNU/Linux when I was a new Linux users and was browsing through some Linux forum.

How about you? Have you ever copy-pasted the “I would like to interject for a moment” in a Linux forum? Do you think it’s a tool for ‘trolls’ or is it the necessary evil to make people aware of the GNU project?