Linux is the kernel. The semantics of this can be argued all day, but the kernel is not the operating system. It is simply the tiny piece of software that allows processes to run and manages memory and hardware access. The operating system is the whole collection of software that allows the User to manage their system. It necessarily includes the kernel, but it is much more than just that one component.
I don't consider ChromeOS to be a Linux desktop any more than I consider my Android smartphone to be a Linux desktop, or an iPhone to be a BSD system. They happen to share a kernel, but that's really where the similarities end as an end user.
dijit|9 years ago
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zeta0134|9 years ago
I don't consider ChromeOS to be a Linux desktop any more than I consider my Android smartphone to be a Linux desktop, or an iPhone to be a BSD system. They happen to share a kernel, but that's really where the similarities end as an end user.