Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: "Sean P. Kane" <spkane@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-dev] Dist name...
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:47:46
Message-Id: C42D120999B1CC4C886B6BB2832F356019B62B@hermes.genomatica.com
1 Why not.....Hey, maybe you could just set the name to whatever you want
2 (maybe prepended by "Gentoo")
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4 Gentoo Linux
5 Gentoo GNU/Linux
6 Gentoo Windows 3000
7 Gentoo Bleeding Edge Linux
8 Gentoo is better then RedHat....
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11 Sean
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14 -----Original Message-----
15 From: Rigo [mailto:rigo@××××.nl]
16 Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 08:52
17 To: gentoo-dev@g.o
18 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Dist name...
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21 Op wo 07-08-2002, om 17:43 schreef Fredrik Jagenheim:
22 > On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 02:57:14PM +0200, Alexander Gretencord wrote:
23 > >
24 > > Well for some ppl now that someone tried to push the GNU/ part onto
25 > > Gentoo
26 > > it's this kind of "no, not after this" feeling :) This doesn't bring
27 us
28 > > anywhere it's not the users decision anyway.
29 > >
30 >
31 > Oh, but let's make it a users decision. I propose a new flag in USE
32 > that will let the user name the system 'GNU/Linux' or 'Linux' or
33 > 'Gentoo GNU/Linux, the best dist for politically correct power users'.
34
35 I kinda like that idea...
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37 >
38 > Now, let's flame over what the default should be. ;)
39
40 :-D !
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42 >
43 > No, I'm not serious. Unless it's about code.
44 >
45 > //Humming, pondering if he's naming it GNU/Linux because he used GNU
46 > tools to build it, should he then name his Great Novel after the
47 > typewriter? ;)
48 >
49 > _______________________________________________
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51 > gentoo-dev@g.o
52 > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
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