Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Mar 1999 11:21:52 +0900 (JST) | From | Tom Holroyd <> | Subject | Re: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman |
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>> Richard Stallman stood up and insisted that >> Linux be called GNU Linux?
You know, he was talking about the distributions and not the kernel itself. People tend to refer to RedHat's or other's distributions as "Linux"* when in fact "Linux"* refers only to the kernel. Stallman only wants the growing number of RedHat users and Debian users and SuSE users etc. to realize the fact that there is a lot more to a distribution than just the kernel, and that large, important parts of most distributions is GNU. So calling a Slackware CD "Linux" is technically incorrect (not that that will stop anybody from doing it).
[By the way, feel free to delete everything from your system that says "GNU" when you do --version, if you don't like it.]
* Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds
Dr. Tom Holroyd I would dance and be merry, Life would be a ding-a-derry, If I only had a brain. -- The Scarecrow
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