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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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it's not clear at all what he means.
It's perfectly clear.
Linux Terminal = A terminal emulator program which can run a shell on top of a version of the Linux kernel, featuring a shell commonly found on Linux OSes, e.g. Bash or Zsh, featuring something like Bash builtins, some GNU Coreutils for the userland, a package manager like apt and support for at least some additional common packages, accounting for architectural differences of course.
E.g. Bash in Konsole on Debian meets all the criteria. "Git Bash" on Windows meets some of this criteria. WSL meets almost all of this criteria. Termux meets a few. PowerShell on Windows in Windows Terminal meets none