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[–] 2716057 ago 

You can consider it whatever you want. The Linux kernel is just that... only a kernel consmprised of firmware.

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[–] 2716057 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Now it's YOU that seems to be confusing terms.

Everything has firmware, and that firmware creates some form of a kernel, depending on the complexity of the electronic device.

OSX, BSD, and Windows all package extra, GUI-related items with their kernels, and make their systems into complete "Operating Systems," or OS for short. Linux doesn't do that... Linus created a Linux kernel, and has updated it for a long time.

Now, when you speak of distros, such as Mint or Ubuntu, you're running into OS territory. They're not completely-packaged OS's, but they're more than a kernel... which is why we use the denomination "distribution," or distro for short.

So, to compare the firmware of a wireless mouse/keyboard to the fully-fledged OS of Windows is the idea which is "weirder to compare." To mix those, interchangeably, is wrong. Which is the purpose of my first comment.