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Benj <ben@××××××××××××××.uk> writes: |
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> Wasn't the idea to include a USE variable of something, so that |
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> users could choose which to call it? |
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This has nothing to do with the actuall point. People asking the |
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Gentoo team to call the system GNU/Linux don't ask simply because they |
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would like to read the small word "GNU" on _their_ system - they can |
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change _their_ system. I think, quite few people care about wether my |
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/etc/issue says Linux or GNU/Linux. Nor is it of much interest of |
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wether I prefer the name Linux or GNU/Linux. The point is that the |
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name GNU/Linux gives credits to the GNU Project, which has helped so |
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much to create this "Linux system" we like to use - in a technical but |
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also in a philosophical way. But all this is already written down in |
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the URL RMS gave. The point is that the name GNU/Linux would make |
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some people realize what Linux is and what GNU is. It would probably |
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make more people understand how important GNU is and that is a bit |
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weird to call the whole operating system "Linux". |
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The argument was given that Phython is not part of the GNU Project, |
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although it is an essential piece for the Gentoo part of the Gentoo |
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system. Still, the system on which Portage is running is the same. |
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moritz |
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moritz@×××××××××××××××.de - http://duesseldorf.ccc.de/~moritz/ |
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