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GNU vs Ubuntu

Why is there "Ubuntu binaries" and "Ubuntu user-mode", not "GNU user-mode"? Ubuntu is just a distribution. GNU is the userland and tools. 94.254.177.22 (talk) 15:07, 15 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Because they're running binaries direct from the Ubuntu distribution, not source code compiled to run on Windows Subsystem for Linux. The GNU project don't, as far as I know, distribute binaries, they just distribute source.
Furthermore, not all the programs in Ubuntu's userland come from the GNU project, so the userland is more than just GNU. Guy Harris (talk) 19:22, 15 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

An introduction that explains why this is useful might be nice.

I.e., what was the business model? Who is the user? Why would this be their preferred solution? Without that, this seems like a strange hybrid of two divergent worlds. MrRedwood (talk) 22:24, 15 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]