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Re: GNU/Linux Naming
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Alfred M. Szmidt |
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Re: GNU/Linux Naming |
Date: |
Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:37:09 +0100 (CET) |
> Hmm, so does this mean that the reason why GNU deserves credit
> in the _name_ and not somewhere else is because GNU's
> contribution is so significant -- they pretty much built most
> of the rest of the system?
>
> The GNU project deserves credit not only because the GNU project
> wrote the GNU operating system, but also because they named it.
> One does not go about calling BSD for System V, despite them
> being very similar.
It's the "Linux" operating system because the vast majority of
people call it "Linux" and not "GNU/Linux".
"GNU/Linux" is trying to piss up a wall and "Linux" is like
gravity.
Who's gonna' win?
We, since more and more people are calling it by its proper name.
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