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[SixSigma]

A distribution of the Linux operating system. It's a Debian distribution with some userspace tools bundled.

[rcxdude → SixSigma]

This depends. technically linux isn't an OS, just a kernel (hence the whole GNU/linux stuff). But even the GNU + linux isn't really a full OS. I feel calling a distribution an OS is pretty valid (though it is a member of the linux family and based off of debian).

I guess the main thing would be the OS is everything which isn't an application, and Tails is definitely not a single application, though it is specialised.

[bashinator → SixSigma]

A distribution of an operating system, is itself, also an operating system.

[andreasvc → SixSigma]

Eh... it is more correct to call a distribution an OS than to call a kernel an OS; the kernel is only a component.

[ceejayoz → SixSigma]

"No officer, these aren't drugs, they're a distribution of drugs with some userspace fillers bundled."