Once, long ago--actually, on Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 09:05:51PM -0700--Gordon Messmer (yinyang@xxxxxxxxx) said: > That's a load of hooey. GNU the project provides a collection of > Free Software, but GNU the operating system existed before Linux. > The goal was an implementation of the POSIX operating system > specification. With all due respect, nonsense. Richard wanted a full reimplementation of Unix, including the kernel. He was quite successful at getting volunteers to carry out the implementation of commands, libraries, etc.--I know, I did 'cut' & 'paste'. However, the kernel was far less successful. Despite the claims of "superior architecture", Hurd has never caught on; almost every implementation you'll run into (I'd say 'every', but someone would come up with John Drutin's Distro as a counter-example) uses the Linux kernel and GNU libraries and utilities. Read the Wikipedia article on "GNU Hurd". Richard Stallman wants people to acknowledge the contribution GNU has made to the success of the Linux distributions by refering to them collectively as "GNU/Linux". People tend to go for the shortest term that conveys a meaning, so the vast majority of people simply call it "Linux", and those who know understand that the GNU utilities, commands, and libraries are included. Cheers, -- Dave Ihnat dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx -- 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
