Which is better: Linux or GNU/Linux

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Why Linux is portrayed as a Penguin?

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There’s quite a few Linux distributions or whatever you want to call it that aren’t associated with GNU or are not based on GNU software

Yes, there are.

So calling those which are just as open but not associated with GNU GNU/Linux is disingenuous, despite the influence of the GNU organization

Does anyone actually do that though?

The person I replied to specifically said

Therefore, in technical discussions, I use the word "Linux" to refer to the OS, as "this software is compatible with Linux". But, when I want to stress out software freedom, given a large influence of the GNU project, I say "GNU/Linux".

So they use GNU/Linux to refer to any open system

I must gave missed that. Yeah, calling, for example, Alpine GNU, is wrong.