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Linux is just the kernel and all different distributions (Ubuntu et al) are based on it.

Think of it as if the Twitter Api was the kernel and all different clients like Twiterrific or Tweebot were the distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, etc...). Distributions are implementations of the kernel with lots of extra features and improvements.




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