Linux is also NOT Unix. Linux = Linux Is Not Unix
You're confusing this with GNU, which is an acronym. Linux is not an acronym. Linux is named after the person who developed it, Linus Torvalds.
If you want to quote me, quote me right. I'm tired of being quoted of having posted sick pictures which I've never posted or saying things that I haven't said. Don't you recognise the smiley after it? I use it when I'm acting stupid on purpose. I never said it was the way it is. GNU not being Unix is IMO unquestionable since it's not even something on that level (which Linux would be), but I AM aware of it's acronymic meaning (how else would I be able to jokingly transfer the acronym to Linux? o.O). But meh, it's understandable to read posts differently than it was intended to.
Why can't people learn it is called GNU/Linux, and not Linux.
Quoting Linus himself:...It's justified if you actually make a GNU distribution of Linux ... the same way that I think that "Red Hat Linux" is fine, or "SuSE Linux" or "Debian Linux," because if you actually make your own distribution of Linux, you get to name the thing, but calling Linux in general "GNU Linux" I think is just ridiculous.
But don't let me discourage you! Keep on calling it "guh-N??-slash-Linux" or "guh-N??-plus-Linux". Me, I'll stick to saying "linux" because I've got stuff to do.
And I will. Because it's not only what Linus says that matters. It's also Richard Stallman. It's sad that only Linus gets the attention (which he undoubtly deserve though) and that GNU who actually made the standard programs to be run on Linux never got the attention (even though they are used in probably ALL Linuxdistros out there).
Oh and what he says that calling Linux in general for GNU/Linux is ridiculous is also true in a way. Linux is Linux. But GNU/Linux is GNU/Linux. The former is the kernel, the latter is the complete OS. Saying that Linux is the OS is wrong, but saying that Linux is the kernel is right. For me I don't really care either because if people actually take their time to try to use Linux and make the free software/open source movement stronger I'm happy. And I agree with him that people are allowed to name their distros in whatever way they want. That's why for example Slackware Linux is not called Slackware GNU/Linux. Anyway, it's just important to also give GNU the credit they deserve (when you know about their work) with or without the name (it is what people feels that matters, not what they do).