On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 20:53 +0200, Björn Persson wrote: > måndagen den 21 juli 2008 skrev Patrick O'Callaghan: > > On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 15:23 +0200, Björn Persson wrote: > > > Tim wrote: > > > > The majority will understand "Linux" as being an OS, the whole > > > > > > thing, > > > > > > > one of the many OS distros that are similar to each other (*), but > > > > > > not > > > > > > > understand it as referring to just the kernel. > > > > > > And then you'll hear arguments like "You think Windows is bloated? > > > Linux is > > > *much* worse! Look, Debian is twenty-one CDs! Thirteen gigabytes! My, > > > what a > > > horribly bloated OS!". They think "the whole thing" is the OS, and so > > > they > > > compare "the Windows OS" to "the Linux OS", not understanding that > > > Debian is > > > a huge collection of programs more comparable to Windows plus Office > > > plus > > > Visual Studio plus MS SQL Server plus Photoshop plus lots and lots of > > > other > > > third-party programs, and that nobody will ever install all those 13 > > > GB of > > > Debian packages. > > > > So you explain it. You think you aren't going to have to explain it > > anyway? > > How do you expect me to explain it if I'm supposed to let them continue > thinking that Linux, operating system and distribution are all the same > thing? Now you're being obtuse. Explaining it means telling them what you think about it. No-one is obliging you to adopt a specific viewpoint. > May I inform beginners that Linux is only a part of Debian so that I can > explain why Debian is so much bigger than Windows? Please? Fine by me. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
