Re: that old GNU/Linux argument

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On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Antonio Olivares
<olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> You're still talking as if your opponents want to name
>> entire
>> distributions "GNU/Linux". I'm not so sure
>> that there really is anyone who
>> wants to name entire distributions "GNU/Linux".
>> Are you sure that there are
>> people who want to do this? Do you have any evidence?
>
> They do, take a look here
> http://www.getgnulinux.org/
> if you click on more, see what you find
> http://www.getgnulinux.org/more/
>
> http://www.gnulinuxmatters.org/about/
>
> The wikipedia tries to explain which ones are truly GNU/Linux
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution
>
> There is an article to the 7 most influential GNU/Linux Distributions
>
> http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/3701421
>
> Like I have said before, it should not matter but there are many people that do take offense, if you say Linux only, they want to exert their muscle and say GNU/Linux is the appropriate name.  There are no correct answers here :)
>

yes there are. Linux is not an operating system. That is a fact. It is
common for people to refer to an OS as Linux but it is not factually
correct.
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