I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, Slop/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Slop plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning Slop system made useful by the Slop corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the Slop system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of Slop which is widely used today is often called “Linux,” and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the Slop system, developed by the Slop Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.