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{{Main|GNU/Linux naming controversy}}

The [[Free Software Foundation]] views Linux distributions which use GNU software as [[GNU variants]] and they ask that such operating systems be referred to as ''GNU/Linux'' or ''a Linux-based GNU system''.<ref name="Stallman01">{{cite web | title = Linux and the GNU Project | url = http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html | first = Richard | last = Stallman | authorlink = Richard Stallman | date = 2007-03-03 | accessdate = 2007-03-12 | publisher = Free Software Foundation }}</ref> The media and common usage, however, refers to this family of operating systems simply as ''Linux'', as do many large Linux distributions (e.g. [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]<ref name="UbuntuHomePage"> {{cite web|url = http://www.ubuntu.com/|title = About Ubuntu|accessdate = 2009-03-22|last = [[Canonical Ltd.]]|authorlink = |year = 2009}}</ref> and [[SuSE]] Linux). Some distributions use ''GNU/Linux'' (particularly notable is [[Debian|Debian GNU/Linux]], on which Ubuntu is based), but the term's use outside of the enthusiast community is limited. The naming issue remains controversial. Linus Torvalds is against the GNU/Linux naming, stating that Linux is not a GNU project.<ref>{{cite web | title = GPLv3 Position Statement | url = http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/25/161 | first = Linus | last = Torvalds | authorlink = Linus Torvalds | date = 2006-09-25 | accessdate = 2009-01-05 | publisher = Linux Kernel Mailing List . ORG }}</ref> The naming issue remains controversial.

== See also ==