On Sun, 2012-07-29 at 23:53 -0700, John Wendel wrote: > On 07/29/2012 10:09 PM, Junayeed Ahnaf Nirjhor wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > Just thought about asking you guys what the actual name is, Linux or > > GNU/Linux (In our Bangladeshi community, we're really divided on > > this issue). > > > > I personally prefer Linux , what do you think? > > -- > > Junayeed Ahnaf Nirjhor > > Developer, Hulu & Diaspora > > Twitter - @Nirjhor > > > > > > > It's possible to have a Linux OS based system that doesn't use any of > the GNU libraries or apps. In this case, GNU/Linux would be > inappropriate. Fedora is not such a system. They're all abbreviations. "Linux" is shorthand. "GNU/Linux" is still shorthand. I personally run GNU/Linux/Xorg/Apache/BSD/LibreOffice/MySQL/Mozilla, but don't usually refer to it that way, and that's still an abbreviation. The GNU project is awesome and deserves credit; so do all the other communities that have contributed [tens of millions of lines of code] to the free software and open source systems I use. Mentioning them all in the name of the system is awkward and impedes communication. Anyone who knows what I'm talking about knows about the FSF and the GNU Project; anyone who doesn't isn't enlightened by expanding the name. I find that "Fedora" is pretty descriptive shorthand and identifies both the universe of software and the community I work with most closely; "Linux" also works for me personally. -Chris -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
