Linked by Ben Hughes on Tue 5th Oct 2004 19:16 UTC
GNU/Linux, and all other operating systems, are based around a kernel which controls hardware access and maximizes CPU and RAM efficiency by controlling when and how much programs get to use. The difference between Linux and most other operating systems (closed source ones at least BSD and other open source OS's you can do this with) is that you can compile the kernel to meet your needs.
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for example
, but also opensource like *BSD and a lot of others
An intro such as in this article is a bit like this intro on sports:
The difference between basketball and and most other ballsports (rugby-like ones at least baseball and other hitting sports have them) is that a basketball is completely round.
I guess as usual it depends on your point of view, and what part of the world is in it...