What you're referring to as Cohost, is in fact, GNU/Cohost, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Cohost. Cohost is not a posting platform unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full POS.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Cohost,” and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Cohost, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.
"I use Cohost as my social media platform," I state proudly to the choster. They swivel around in their desk chair with a devilish gleam in their eyes, ready to explain with extreme precision. "Actually", they say with a grin, "Cohost is just the website. You use GNU plus Cohost!"
I don't miss a beat and reply with a smirk, "Cohost runs on Alpine, a distro that doesn't include the GNU corelibs, or any other GNU code. It's Cohost, but not GNU+Cohost." The smile quickly drops from their face. Their body begins convulsing, and they foam from the mouth and drop to the floor with a sickly thud.
As they writhe around, they scream "T-THE WEB SERVER WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT'S STILL GNU!" Cooly, I reply, "If Microsoft IIS was compiled with GCC, would that make it GNU?" I interrupt their response with "-and work is being made on the web server to make it more compiler-agnostic. Even if you were correct, you won't be for long."
With a sickly wheeze, the last of the choster's life is ejected from their body. They lie on the floor, cold and limp. I've womansplained them to death.
