I'd just wike to intewject fow a moment. What u'we wefewing to as winyux, is in fact, GNyU/winyux, ow as I've wecentwy taken to cawwing it, GNyU pwus winyux. winyux is nyot an opewating system unto itsewf, but wathew anyothew fwee componyent of a fuwwy functionying GNyU system made usefuw by the GNyU cowewibs, sheww utiwities and vitaw system componyents compwising a fuww OS as definyed by POSIX.

Many computew usews wun a modified vewsion of the GNyU system evewy day, without weawizing it. Thwough a pecuwiaw tuwn of events, the vewsion of GNyU which is widewy used today is often cawwed winyux, and many of its usews r nyot awr that it is basicawwy the GNyU system, devewoped by the GNyU Pwoject.

Thewe weawwy is a winyux, and these peopwe r using it, but it is just a pawt of the system they use. winyux is the kewnyew: the pwogwam in the system that awwocates the machinye's wesouwces to the othew pwogwams that u wun. The kewnyew is an essentiaw pawt of an opewating system, but usewess by itsewf; it can onwy function in the context of a compwete opewating system. winyux is nyowmawwy used in combinyation with the GNyU opewating system: the whowe system is basicawwy GNyU with winyux added, ow GNyU/winyux. Aww the so-cawwed winyux distwibutions r weawwy distwibutions of GNyU/winyux!