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GNU/Linux is the proper, correct form for refering to the operating system we |
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all know and love. However, it's more difficult to say, 44% longer to type, and |
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much less cuddly. (Okay, that last part is pure opinion.) |
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I rarely call LA, California, "Los Angeles," let alone "El Pueblo de Nuestra |
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Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula" (its real, full name), |
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nor do you see that on I-5 going into LA. |
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There's the "real" name, then there's what people call it. |
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"Linux," today, really means "GNU/Linux." I know no one who runs a Linux kernel |
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with MS Visual C++ to compile software. |
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I don't mean to offend, but my opinion is that this sort of energy is better |
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spent on the very worthy causes at eff.org, rather than prolonging |
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quasi-political discussions to a development mailing list. (Or maybe at |
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alt.fsf.vs.oss - which doesn't exist but probably should. ;) |
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Mickey |
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On 06.08.2002 at 11:13:38, Matthew Kennedy <mbkennedy@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> This is just my own opinion as a user... |
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> It really does matter to some, including myself. I direct you to the |
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> Debian mail archives for the reasons why "GNU/" is correct :-) Plus it |
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> would be cool if newbies stopped asking me "Where can I download Linux |
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> 7.3?" and getting my stock, but confusing response, "You can get Linux |
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> from ftp.kernel.org" |
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> Besides... it's possible portage might be portable to other |
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> architectures, maybe including Hurd etc. later on. What then? Is it |
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> really that Linux-specific then? |
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> Matt |
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> On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 20:06, Gregg wrote: |
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> > Not attempting to sound rude in any way, but I beleive my best response to |
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> > this is; take your holy war somewhere else? |
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> > This battle and the vi vs. emacs battle, they all just make me sick. |
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> > |
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> > Gregg |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > > Hello, |
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> > > |
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> > > First, I would thank you for this great dist. I find that gentoo is, |
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> > > with debian, |
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> > > the best GNU/Linux distribution. |
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> > > |
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> > > But I am a bit shocked not to see the "GNU/Linux" term on your site and |
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> > > on dist, instead of just "Linux". |
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> > > |
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> > > Statistic say that Linux himself represent only 2% of a dist, and GNU |
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> > > software 40%, |
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> > > so it will be nice to be grateful to GNU project by saying "GNU/Linux" |
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> > > on your site |
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> > > and documents. |
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> > > |
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> > > Thanks |
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> > > |
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> > > François Blès - kruskal@×××××××××××××××.org |
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> > > |
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> > > PS: sorry for my bad english |
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