diff --git a/core/Filechecks.php b/core/Filechecks.php
index 7bbf0f116294b64adbb23e4c1cb0b26e3b0b2711..3fccf2c8a2bc50cba4cbc6c8f26bcdb2102913a3 100644
--- a/core/Filechecks.php
+++ b/core/Filechecks.php
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class Filechecks
             $message .= "On Windows, check that the folder is not read only and is writable.\n
 						You can try to execute:<br />";
         } else {
-            $message .= "For example, on a Linux server if your Apache httpd user
+            $message .= "For example, on a GNU/Linux server if your Apache httpd user
 						is www-data, you can try to execute:<br />\n"
                 . "<code>chown -R www-data:www-data " . $path . "</code><br />";
         }
diff --git a/lang/en.json b/lang/en.json
index 4e8123ec6f6d12628818bb7f89bf3ee01c2dd6f2..0412611fffc7e507782e3999ee5c8be4a7e725aa 100644
--- a/lang/en.json
+++ b/lang/en.json
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@
         "SystemCheckOtherFunctions": "Other functions",
         "SystemCheckPackHelp": "The pack() function is required to track visitors in Piwik.",
         "SystemCheckParseIniFileHelp": "This built-in function has been disabled on your host. Piwik will attempt to emulate this function but may encounter further security restrictions. Tracker performance will also be impacted.",
-        "SystemCheckPdoAndMysqliHelp": "On a Linux server you can compile php with the following options: %1$s In your php.ini, add the following lines: %2$s",
+        "SystemCheckPdoAndMysqliHelp": "On a GNU/Linux server you can compile php with the following options: %1$s In your php.ini, add the following lines: %2$s",
         "SystemCheckPhp": "PHP version",
         "SystemCheckPhpPdoAndMysqli": "More information on: %1$sPHP PDO%2$s and %3$sMYSQLI%4$s.",
         "SystemCheckSplHelp": "You need to configure and rebuild PHP with the Standard PHP Library (SPL) enabled (by default).",
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@
         "SystemCheckWarnSimpleXMLHelp": "You should enable the \"SimpleXML\" extension (e.g., install the \"php-simplexml\" and\/or \"php-xml\" package).",
         "SystemCheckWinPdoAndMysqliHelp": "On a Windows server you can add the following lines to your php.ini: %s",
         "SystemCheckWriteDirs": "Directories with write access",
-        "SystemCheckWriteDirsHelp": "To fix this error on your Linux system, try typing in the following command(s)",
+        "SystemCheckWriteDirsHelp": "To fix this error on your GNU/Linux system, try typing in the following command(s)",
         "SystemCheckZlibHelp": "You need to configure and rebuild PHP with \"zlib\" support enabled, --with-zlib.",
         "SystemCheckCronArchiveProcess": "Archive Cron",
         "SystemCheckCronArchiveProcessCLI": "Managing processes via CLI",